Eight urgent, fundamental and simultaneous steps needed to restore ocean health, and the consequences for humanity and the planet of inaction or delay

Global reconstruction of historical ocean heat storage and transport

(2019) Laure Zanna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland, and the ice sheet’s sensitivity to atmospheric forcing

(2019) Michael Bevis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How fast are the oceans warming?

(2019) Lijing Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

A recent increase in global wave power as a consequence of oceanic warming

(2019) Borja G. Reguero et al.   Nature Communications

Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming

(2019) Angus Atkinson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and people

(2019) U. Rashid Sumaila et al.   Science Advances

Prediction of unprecedented biological shifts in the global ocean

(2019) G. Beaugrand et al.   Nature Climate Change

Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements

(2019) Dmitry Yumashev et al.   Nature Communications

Manifestation, Drivers, and Emergence of Open Ocean Deoxygenation

(2018) Lisa A. Levin   Annual Review of Marine Science

Measuring progress in marine protection: A new set of metrics to evaluate the strength of marine protected area networks

(2018) Kelsey E. Roberts et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Evidence for rapid recovery of shark populations within a coral reef marine protected area

(2018) Conrad W. Speed et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

“The ‘future of conservation’ debate: Defending ecocentrism and the Nature Needs Half movement”

(2018) Helen Kopnina et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Living in a high CO2 world: a global meta-analysis shows multiple trait-mediated fish responses to ocean acidification

(2018) Carlo Cattano et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Empowering high seas governance with satellite vessel tracking data

(2018) Daniel C Dunn et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Big Jump of Record Warm Global Mean Surface Temperature in 2014-2016 Related to Unusually Large Oceanic Heat Releases

(2018) Jianjun Yin et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Forms and subannual variability of nitrogen and phosphorus loading to global river networks over the 20th century

(2018) Lauriane Vilmin et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

On confusing cause and effect in the oxygen limitation of fish

(2018) Daniel Pauly et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drivers and mechanisms of ocean deoxygenation

(2018) Andreas Oschlies et al.   Nature Geoscience

Recent progress in understanding climate thresholds

(2018) Peter Good et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters

(2018) Denise Breitburg et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   SCIENCE

Exploring spatiotemporal changes of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) nitrogen and phosphorus sources, retention and export to the East China Sea and Yellow Sea

(2018) Xiaochen Liu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Climate change threatens the world’s marine protected areas

(2018) John F. Bruno et al.   Nature Climate Change

Arctic warming hotspot in the northern Barents Sea linked to declining sea-ice import

(2018) Sigrid Lind et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global priorities for conserving the evolutionary history of sharks, rays and chimaeras

(2018) R. William Stein et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A planet too rich in fibre

(2018) Melissa Suran   EMBO REPORTS

Marine heatwaves under global warming

(2018) Thomas L. Frölicher et al.   NATURE

Choosing the future of Antarctica

(2018) S. R. Rintoul et al.   NATURE

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

(2018) Will Steffen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic and functional evidence suggests that deep-ocean ecosystems are highly sensitive to environmental change and direct human disturbance

(2018) Oliver S. Ashford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Water chemistry reveals a significant decline in coral calcification rates in the southern Red Sea

(2018) Zvi Steiner et al.   Nature Communications

Ocean acidification drives community shifts towards simplified non-calcified habitats in a subtropical−temperate transition zone

(2018) Sylvain Agostini et al.   Scientific Reports

East Antarctica is losing ice faster than anyone thought

(2018) Alexandra Witze   NATURE

Strengthened scientific support for the Endangerment Finding for atmospheric greenhouse gases

(2018) Philip B. Duffy et al.   SCIENCE

Tragedy revisited

(2018) Robert Boyd et al.   SCIENCE

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

(2017) Christian Schmidt et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sound physiological knowledge and principles in modeling shrinking of fishes under climate change

(2017) Daniel Pauly et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A review of the impacts of fisheries on open-ocean ecosystems

(2017) Guillermo Ortuño Crespo et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Seagrass ecosystem services – What's next?

(2017) Lina Mtwana Nordlund et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ecosystem services provided by coral reefs in a Southwestern Atlantic Archipelago

(2017) Carla I. Elliff et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change

(2017) Callum M. Roberts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative analysis of selected semi-persistent and emerging pollutants in wild-caught fish and aquaculture associated fish using Bogue ( Boops boops ) as sentinel species

(2017) Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Dermatological and environmental toxicological impact of the sunscreen ingredient oxybenzone/benzophenone-3

(2017) Joseph C DiNardo et al.   Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

‘Dangerous Targets’ revisited: Old dangers in new contexts plague marine protected areas

(2016) Tundi Agardy et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Marine protected areas increase resilience among coral reef communities

(2016) Camille Mellin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Migration of Parabens, Bisphenols, Benzophenone-Type UV Filters, Triclosan, and Triclocarban from Teethers and Its Implications for Infant Exposure

(2016) Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver

(2016) Yifeng Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

N2 production rates limited by nitrite availability in the Bay of Bengal oxygen minimum zone

(2016) L. A. Bristow et al.   Nature Geoscience

Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation

(2016) Isabelle M. Côté et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plastic pollution challenges in marine and coastal environments: from local to global governance

(2016) Joanna Vince et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Ending hide and seek at sea

(2016) Douglas J. McCauley et al.   SCIENCE

Effective Coverage Targets for Ocean Protection

(2016) Bethan C. O'Leary et al.   Conservation Letters

Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining

(2016) Daniel Pauly et al.   Nature Communications

Ocean temperatures chronicle the ongoing warming of Earth

(2016) Susan Wijffels et al.   Nature Climate Change

Industrial-era global ocean heat uptake doubles in recent decades

(2016) Peter J. Gleckler et al.   Nature Climate Change

Insights into the abundance and diversity of abyssal megafauna in a polymetallic-nodule region in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone

(2016) Diva J. Amon et al.   Scientific Reports

Projected change in global fisheries revenues under climate change

(2016) Vicky W. Y. Lam et al.   Scientific Reports

Environmental Change in the Deep Ocean

(2015) Alex David Rogers   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Toxicopathological Effects of the Sunscreen UV Filter, Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), on Coral Planulae and Cultured Primary Cells and Its Environmental Contamination in Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands

(2015) C. A. Downs et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

New Link in the Food Chain? Marine Plastic Pollution and Seafood Safety

(2015) Nate Seltenrich   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Implications of fisheries impacts to seabed biodiversity and ecosystem-based management

(2015) Simon F. Thrush et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

(2015) N. M. Hall et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Winners and losers in a world where the high seas is closed to fishing

(2015) U. Rashid Sumaila et al.   Scientific Reports

Anthropogenic debris in seafood: Plastic debris and fibers from textiles in fish and bivalves sold for human consumption

(2015) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

(2014) Andrew J. Constable et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An ocean of surprises – Trends in human use, unexpected dynamics and governance challenges in areas beyond national jurisdiction

(2014) Andrew Merrie et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

The past and future of fish consumption: Can supplies meet healthy eating recommendations?

(2014) Ruth H. Thurstan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

(2014) Graham J. Edgar et al.   NATURE

Microplastics in the seas

(2014) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: new perspectives and implications for coastal management and reef survival

(2014) Cecilia D’Angelo et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystem production in societies dependent on fisheries

(2014) M. Barange et al.   Nature Climate Change

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Introduction to the special issue: The global state of the ocean; interactions between stresses, impacts and some potential solutions. Synthesis papers from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean 2011 and 2012 workshops

(2013) Alex D. Rogers et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Climate change and the oceans – What does the future hold?

(2013) Jelle Bijma et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

(2013) William W. L. Cheung et al.   NATURE

Climate change impacts on the biophysics and economics of world fisheries

(2011) U. Rashid Sumaila et al.   Nature Climate Change

Throwing Fuel on the Fire: Synergistic Effects of Excessive Nitrogen Inputs and Global Warming on Harmful Algal Blooms

(2010) Hans W. Paerl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change

(2009) WILLIAM W. L. CHEUNG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The coral reef crisis: The critical importance of

(2009) J.E.N. Veron et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus

(2008) J. Heisler et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

(2008) K. E. Carpenter et al.   SCIENCE

Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems

(2008) R. J. Diaz et al.   SCIENCE