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Study shows severe loss of central Indian Ocean coral reefs between 2015 and 2017.

Scientists have identified a new mechanism to account for the drastic aridification in eastern Africa over the past two million years, with likely implications for understanding the evolution and dispersal of our early human ancestors.

* Trade-offs between SDGs can undermine the international framework for sustainable development. * The role of justice mechanisms in the promotion of social equity from ocean use is detailed. * The lens of procedural justice helps understand how trade-offs between SDGs are made and by whom. * The lens of distributive justice highlights how trade-offs decisions impact upon different social groups. * The Blue Economy and MSP impact negatively upon artisanal fishers in the Seychelles bringing trade-offs between SDGs. * Achieving SDGs and its social equity outcomes requires

Researchers at Swansea University, working with colleagues in Australia and the Seychelles, have announced the longest recorded migration for the green sea turtle, an endangered species. One of eight turtles which were tracked by satellite was found to have travelled 3979 km, from the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, to the coast of Somalia in east Africa.

Bangor University ocean scientists have contributed to an assessment of climate change impacts on the seas and coasts of the UK Overseas Territories, launched at an online event on the 22nd July 2021 by the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Swansea University study tracks nesting turtle numbers.

Seabirds have distinct individual personalities that affect where they feed and how likely they are to prosper, a pair of recent studies suggests.

Extensive seagrass meadows discovered in Indian Ocean through satellite tracking of green turtles.