by Mark_Costello | Mar 22, 2022 | News
There is a growing realisation, especially with our experience with virtual meetings during the covid-19 pandemic, that virtual video meetings are a practical alternative to travelling to meetings. Virtual meetings can be more equitable. People who find it difficult...
by Mark_Costello | Jul 29, 2021 | Marine Reserves, News
A 2020 survey of Irish citizens found 92% “strongly agreed” that more action needs to be taken to improve the health of the ocean. Now is their chance to push for such change. This Friday 30th July 2021 is the deadline for citizens to support the protection of marine...
by Mark_Costello | Jun 23, 2021 | For students, Marine Reserves, Useful Stuff
I sometimes wonder why we invent acronyms. Take ABNJ (areas beyond national jurisdiction) and BBNJ (biodiversity in ABNJ) for example. These terms are increasingly used by marine scientists instead of “High Seas”. Yet the term High Seas has longer use and...
by Mark_Costello | Apr 16, 2021 | Climate change, For students, News, Publication
Species in areas with exceptionally high biodiversity (richspots), especially of endemic species (unique to that place), are consistent losers under climate change because they cannot disperse to more suitable climates. In contrast, introduced invasive species tend...
by Mark_Costello | Apr 6, 2021 | Climate change, News, Publication
A new paper from Chhaya Chaudhary’s PhD shows that the latitudinal gradient of species richness has been changing in concert with climate change since at least the 1950s (Chaudhary et al. 2021). Thousands of species have left the equator for higher latitudes as...