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1. Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

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Miranda Bernard, Chelsea M. Rochman, Marcus Eriksen, Hugh P. Possingham, Cole C. Monnahan, Stephanie B. Borrelle, Leah R. Gerber, Erin L. Murphy, Laurent Lebreton, George H. Leonard, Hannah De Frond, Akbar Tahir, Jeremy Ringma, Michelle A. Hilleary, Beth Polidoro, Jenna Jambeck, Megan Barnes, Nicholas Mallos, Kara Lavender Law, and Alexis McGivern

Subjects
Waste Products, Multidisciplinary, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Aquatic ecosystem, Fresh Water, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Freshwater ecosystem, Waste Management, Environmental protection, Environmental monitoring, Water Pollution, Chemical, Quantitative assessment, Environmental science, Seawater, Plastic waste, Water pollution, Tonne, Plastic pollution, Plastics, Environmental Monitoring, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

A mess of plastic It is not clear what strategies will be most effective in mitigating harm from the global problem of plastic pollution. Borrelle et al. and Lau et al. discuss possible solutions and their impacts. Both groups found that substantial reductions in plastic-waste generation can be made in the coming decades with immediate, concerted, and vigorous action, but even in the best case scenario, huge quantities of plastic will still accumulate in the environment. Science , this issue p. 1515 , p. 1455

Published
2020
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2. The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge

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Abigail Powel, Anthony B. Rylands, Alan Shoemaker, James Burton, Sarah A. Wyatt, Monica Rulli, Diego G. Tirira, Liza M. Veiga, Geoffrey Hammerson, Thomas M. Brooks, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Mariano Gimenez-Dixon, Syed Ainul Hussain, Beth Polidoro, Clare E. Hawkins, J. W. Duckworth, Jan Schipper, Louise H. Emmons, Cody J. Schank, Tatjana C. Good, Gabriela Lichtenstein, Gianluca Catullo, Simon Hedges, Kristin Nowell, Jon Bielby, Susana González, Rob Timmins, Stephen B. Reilly, Richard K. B. Jenkins, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Daniel Absolon, Neil A. Cox, Patricia D. Moehlman, Katerina Tsytsulina, Lawrence R. Heaney, Charlotte H. Johnston, Kristofer M. Helgen, Jonathan E. M. Baillie, Mark Keith, John F. Lamoreux, Jim Ragle, Caroline M. Pollock, Zoe Macavoy, Ben Collen, Janice Chanson, Simona Savini, Thomas E. Lacher, Thomas Jefferson, William F. Perrin, Ricardo Baldi, Patricia Ann Black, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Rebecca L. Lewison, Jonathan Kingdon, Jim Conroy, William R.L. Oliver, John Hare, Thomas M. Butynski, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Paul A. Racey, Monica Masi, Sabrina Foster, Wanda Olech, Holly T. Dublin, Meghan W. McKnight, Marcelo F. Tognelli, D. C. D. Happold, Luigi Boitani, Randall R. Reeves, Mandy Haywood, Richard J. Berridge, Caryn Self-Sullivan, Patricia Medici, Pavithra Ramani, Kit M. Kovacs, Noura Bakkour, David E. Smith, Yan Xie, Nobuo Ishii, Georgina M. Mace, Russell A. Mittermeier, Federica Chiozza, Zoe Cokeliss, Barbara L. Taylor, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Roselle Chapman, Ruth Grace Rosell-Ambal, C. Cormack Gates, Michael R. Hoffmann, Galen B. Rathbun, Sanjay Molur, Monik Oprea, Yelizaveta Protas, Kristin Leus, Andrew T. Smith, Carlo Rondinini, Vineet Katariya, John E. Reynolds, Giovanni Amori, David Mallon, Helen J. Temple, Nico van Strien, Meredith Happold, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, David L. Garshelis, G. Mills, Andrew E. Derocher, Wes Sechrest, Justin Cooke, Bruce E. Young, Richard B. Harris, P. J. Stephenson, Lloyd F. Lowry, Arturo Mora, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Bruce D. Patterson, Jean-Christophe Vié, David Knox, Penny F. Langhammer, Julian Blanc, Simon N. Stuart, Naamal De Silva, Richard H. Emslie, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Matthew N. Foster, Philip S. Hammond, John M. Aguiar, José F. González-Maya, and John F. Oates

Subjects
Mammals, Marine biology, Conservation of Natural Resources, Multidisciplinary, Databases, Factual, Ecology, Population Dynamics, fungi, Endangered species, Biodiversity, Species diversity, Marine Biology, Biology, Extinction, Biological, Habitat destruction, parasitic diseases, Animals, Body Size, IUCN Red List, Conservation status, Seawater, Endemism, Ecosystem, Phylogeny
Abstract

Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and distribution of the world's mammals. Data, compiled by 1700+ experts, cover all 5487 species, including marine mammals. Global macroecological patterns are very different for land and marine species but suggest common mechanisms driving diversity and endemism across systems. Compared with land species, threat levels are higher among marine mammals, driven by different processes (accidental mortality and pollution, rather than habitat loss), and are spatially distinct (peaking in northern oceans, rather than in Southeast Asia). Marine mammals are also disproportionately poorly known. These data are made freely available to support further scientific developments and conservation action.

Published
2008
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3. Dynamics of Coral Reef Recovery

Author

Beth Polidoro and Kent E. Carpenter

Subjects
geography, Multidisciplinary, geography.geographical_feature_category, Resilience of coral reefs, Ecology, Marine habitats, Coral reef, Biology, Coral reef organizations, Fishery, Aquaculture of coral, Coral reef protection, Environmental issues with coral reefs, Reef
Abstract

Coral reefs can better recover from bleaching events when stresses resulting from human activities are minimized. [Also see Report by Gilmour et al. ]

Published
2013
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4. High Value and Long Life—Double Jeopardy for Tunas and Billfishes

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Hazel A. Oxenford, M. Brick Peres, Cristiane T. Elfes, C.-L. Sun, Lucy R. Harrison, R. McManus, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Cristian M. Canales, Kent E. Carpenter, Heather Harwell, Rashid Sumaila, David J. Die, Bruce B. Collette, W.-C. Chiang, Reg Watson, Victor Restrepo, N. de Oliveira Leite, E. Yáñez, Carolina V. Minte-Vera, Rendon C. Nelson, Flávia Lucena Frédou, Rosangela Lessa, Sheng-Ping Wang, John E. Graves, Andre M. Boustany, J. Schratwieser, Maria José Juan-Jordá, G. Cardenas, W. Fox, R. Serra, Beth Polidoro, Alberto Ferreira de Amorim, and Shui-Kai Chang

Subjects
Fishery, Value (ethics), Billfish, Multidisciplinary, biology, Threatened species, Endangered species, IUCN Red List, Tuna, biology.organism_classification, Fish stock, Double jeopardy
Abstract

The first standardized, global assessment of these fishes, using Red List criteria, reveals threatened species needing protection.

Published
2011
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