Category Archives: 14. Life below Water

渔业发展对海洋生物的影响及其应对措施——以中国泉州为例

“当时（泉州）东埔村有21个生产队，每个生产队大概有3艘渔船，分别负责不同的作业区域。”有着数十年捕鱼经验的泉州老渔民邱伯伯回忆道。

Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement

Henrik Svedäng, Stockholm University To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards meetingContinue reading “Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement”

The study of evolution is fracturing – and that may be a good thing

Erik Svensson, Lund University How will life on Earth and the ecosystems that support it adapt to climate change? Which species will go extinct – or evolve into something new? How will microbes develop further resistance to antibiotics? These kinds of questions, which are of fundamental importance to our way of life, are all aContinue reading “The study of evolution is fracturing – and that may be a good thing”

To protect ocean environments, ‘good enough’ might be the best long-term option

Local support might be the most important factor for a successful marine protected area. Anastasia Quintana, CC BY-ND May 26, 2021 5.08pm BST Anastasia Quintana, University of California Santa Barbara and Alfredo Giron Nava, Stanford University The Gulf of California – a sea near the western border of the U.S. and Mexico – is home to someContinue reading “To protect ocean environments, ‘good enough’ might be the best long-term option”

Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action

Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. And a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine makes clear that the U.S. is a big part of the problem.