by John Picton | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, General, News
FEC Fellow Dr Leslie Mabon recently wrote a short evidence-based explainer to summarize what is happening to the Fukushima coast based on the latest research and scientific evidence. The Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear accident in Japan in 2011 was one of the largest ever...
by John Picton | Oct 28, 2020 | News, Project
Our Partners at PerCS-Net just shared exciting news with us: Recently Scott Dallimore and his team completed a UNEP GRIDA Rapid Resource Assessment on coastal and offshore permafrost in the Arctic. The RRA resulted in a comprehensive education and outreach resource...
by John Picton | Oct 12, 2020 | News, Other Publications
New ZMT Policy Brief Sustaining China’s coastal resources: Recommendations to improve the state of the coasts in Hainan What is the human impact on the coast of Hainan? This Policy Brief – available in English and Mandarin – summarizes the major...
by John Picton | Oct 7, 2020 | Book, News, Other Publications
New book: Microplastics in Terrestrial Environments – Emerging Contaminants and Major Challenges Yongming Luo, Director of FEC IPO at YIC-CAS and REP at ISSAS is one of the co-editors of this recently published book. This book focuses on microplastics as...
by John Picton | Oct 3, 2020 | News, Other Publications
The Globalization of Cultural Eutrophication in the Coastal Ocean: Causes and Consequences Excessive nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, have devastating effects on coastal marine ecosystems by causing algal blooms that deplete oxygen in the water, killing...