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New Research Predicts Effects of Marine Heatwaves on Top Ocean Predators September 05, 2023 Real-time shifts in marine ecosystems and species demand “climate-ready” fisheries. This new research will inform fisheries management. |
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Climate Change Likely to Reshape West Coast Fisheries by Sending Fish Farther Offshore August 18, 2023 Research by multiple scientists from the California Current IEA team found that vessels may have to travel farther and fish deeper to keep catching fish in the future as a result of climate change. |
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Coral reefs benefit from reduced land-sea impacts under ocean warming August 09, 2023 Local human impacts combine with global ocean warming to threaten coral reef persistence. New research finds that simultaneously reducing land- and sea-based human impacts supports coral reef persistence in our changing climate. |
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Large Marine Heatwave Reaches Oregon and Washington Coasts August 04, 2023 Researchers are tracking indicators for signs of impacts, such as harmful algal blooms. |
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Northeast Fisheries, Ecosystems Continue to Depart from Historical Norms May 18, 2023 2023 State of the Ecosystem Reports show continuing physical, chemical, and biological changes in coastal Mid-Atlantic and New England ecosystems. |
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2022 Ecosystem Status Report Highlights Climate and Ecosystem Change in Hawaiʻi March 31, 2023 For the first time, the Ecosystem Status Report spans the entire main Hawaiian Islands and includes indicators on socio-cultural connections, climate and ocean ecosystem processes, and human impacts. |
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Unsettled Pacific Ocean Offers Surprises as Climate Change Alters Ecosystem March 07, 2023 New 2022-2023 California Current Ecosystem Status Report cites shakeup of familiar ecological relationships. |
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Ecosystem Indicators of Predator Foraging and Reproduction February 16, 2023 A newly published paper uses species distribution models to quantify linkages between an important forage species (northern anchovy) and the foraging and reproductive ecology of marine predators in the California Current ecosystem. |
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US West Coast Regional Habitat Compression Indices November 14, 2022 A recent paper describes variability in "cool water thermal habitat", or Habitat Compression Indices (HCI), as a new ecological indicator that informs monitoring of ecosystem shifts in coastal upwelling systems. |
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NOAA’s IEA Program Helps Update Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary’s Report June 27, 2022 NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Approach helped update Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary’s latest condition report. This partnership helps share ecosystem science and advance NOAA's mission to build resilient ecosystems and communities. |