Reuters released the results of a more than year-long investigation into climate change, fish, and fisheries called Ocean Shock that we supported throughout. The data in their visualizations are from OceanAdapt and their summer flounder story builds from our NSF-funded Coastal SEES research with Kevin St. Martin, Bonnie McCay, Eli Fenichel, and Simon Levin. We’re all excited to see Mo Tamman and the rest of the team’s wonderful storytelling and science communication skills brought to bear on this important issue!
Science Policy Forum: climate change may spark global fish conflict
Our paper in Science out today, “Preparing ocean governance for species on the move” is available here or in Spanish here.
News coverage:
- Rutgers
- University of British Columbia (also in French)
- National Geographic
- Washington Post
- Boston Globe
- Huffington Post
- Le Monde (France)
- Forbes
- National Fisherman
- The Inquirer (Philadelphia)
- Press of Atlantic City news (front page 6/21) and editorial (New Jersey)
- Negocios (Portugal)
- Ecodiario, RT, and Urgente 24 (Spain)
- Mondiaal Nieuws (Belgium)
- The Weather Channel
- Climate News Network
- Homeland Security News Wire
- EcoWatch
- National Science Foundation
Warming Waters Push Fish To Cooler Climes, Out Of Some Fishermen’s Reach: Paper in PLOS ONE by Jim, Becca, and Malin!
Jim, Becca, and Malin’s paper, Projecting shifts in thermal habitat for 686 species on the North American continental shelf, was published in PLOS ONE last week (and featured in their Climate Change Channel). The paper details how species’ habitat will shift to cooler waters in the face of climate change.
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- NPR’s Morning Edition
- Science Magazine
- Rutgers University
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- The Canadian Press
- El País (Spain)
- The Independent (UK)
- Boston Globe
- KQED
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Cordova Times (Alaska)
- Portland Press Herald (Maine)
- Inside Climate News
- E&E News
- NOAA Fisheries
- NJ.com
- OceansDeeply
- Texas Climate News
- Inhabitat
- The Silver Times
- Phys.org
- Fish Information & Services
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Marine conservation in a changing climate
Erica Gies’ article in Hakai Magazine on how (and whether) marine conservation can keep up with climate change, with quotes from Will White (Oregon State) and Malin:
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/designing-marine-protected-areas-in-a-changing-climate/
Becca interviewed on her new paper
Nice interview with Becca on her research showing that warming is transforming predator-prey interactions in the Northeast US:
https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2017/09/22/as-cod-head-for-cooler-waters-new-englands-fisheries-face-upheaval
New videos on climate, fishing, and New Jersey
The Rutgers Climate Institute and the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance have put together two videos that do a nice job illustrating the impacts of climate change on the Jersey shore and fisheries:
- Climate Change and the Jersey Shore: Impacts on Coastal Communities, Ecosystems and Economies (24 min)
- Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change: A New Jersey Perspective (10 min)
New York Times coverage today
Front page of the Science section in the New York Times today: Fish Seek Cooler Waters, Leaving Some Fishermen’s Nets Empty, with quotes from Malin.
National Geographic coverage
This bit of nice press just came out on National Geographic online: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/30/marine-scientist-follows-hot-fish-as-they-move-to-cooler-waters/
Becca brings students to the river
As part of her postdoc fellowship, Becca is helping kids get down and dirty with fish, climate change, and science. One of our local papers just ran an article about the field trip last week!
Briefing on Capitol Hill
Malin talked about climate change, fish, and fisheries to Congressional staffers, federal employees, and others at a briefing on Capital Hill this past Tuesday (6/28). COMPASS organized the event, with more details here.