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Solving FCB

Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there’s still time to act on climate change

Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there’s still time to act on climate change

Fish were surprisingly resilient to marine heatwaves before 2019, highlighting the need to keep seas from warming further, according to new research.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biomass, Climate change, CORU, Deng Palomares, ecosystems, fish, heatwaves, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Research, Sea Around Us, Solving FCB, William Cheung

From convenience to crisis: The single-use water sachet dilemma in Africa

From convenience to crisis: The single-use water sachet dilemma in Africa

In some African countries, the rate of single-use plastic waste is increasing. Article from the Solving FCB unit.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with East Africa, FERU, Ibrahim Issifu, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Microplastics, plastic, pollution, Solving FCB, water, West Africa

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

An op-ed article by Drs. William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, that is currently taking place opened in Montreal.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, carbon footprint, Climate change, conferences, COP15, CORU, Faculty, FERU, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Solving FCB, William Cheung

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