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Posted on 30th October 202210th May 2024

Undisturbed: The Deep Ocean’s Vital Role in Safeguarding Us from Crisis

Scientists from the Benioff Ocean Initiative, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the International Programme on the State of the Ocean, investigate the threats to deep ocean.

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Posted on 15th November 202015th January 2025

New IPSO Report – Protecting a Rapidly Changing Ocean

Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post COVID-19 was published in the peer review Journal Aquatic Conservation in November 2020.

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Posted on 30th September 201310th March 2025

State of the Ocean Report 2013

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Introduction

On 30 September 2013, IPSO published the ‘State of the Ocean Report 2013’ in the Marine Pollution Bulletin, which comprised a set of five papers on ocean stresses, impacts and solutions. These papers were produced by leading international experts to present the key findings of IPSO’s State of the Ocean workshops.

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Posted on 21st June 201115th May 2024

Summary report: International Earth System expert workshop on Ocean Stresses and Impacts

On 21 June 2011, IPSO released a report summarising the key findings and recommendations of the initial State of the Ocean workshop, held earlier in 2011.

 

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Posted on 10th October 200915th May 2024

The Coral Reef Crisis: The Critical Importance of <350ppm CO2

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The first IPSO workshop was held on the impacts of global climate change on coral reefs. The resulting paper, which was written amongst the scientists present, addressed the coral tipping point.

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