The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
states that climate change and ocean acidification are altering the oceans at a rate that is …

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly
emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of biological life. Yet, the …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

The approach of the Decade of the Ocean for Sustainable Development (2021–2030)
provides a time to reflect on what we know about the complex interactions between the seas …

Abstract The 2015 US West Coast domoic acid event was caused by a massive harmful
algal bloom (HAB) that consisted mostly of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis. It was …

Although it is often acknowledged that social and environmental factors interact to produce
racial and ethnic environmental health disparities, it is still unclear how this occurs. Despite …

Racism systematically constructs inequities by conferring advantages upon one racial/ethnic
group at the expense of others. Power and privilege are distributed unevenly across space …

Background: The twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism during 2020 have
forced a conversation across many segments of our society, including the environmental …

Equity and justice considerations have risen to the surface in policy deliberations,
management decisions, and program design related to marine conservation, fisheries …

The authors invoke a population health perspective to assess the distribution of
environmental hazards according to race/ethnicity, social class, age, gender, and sexuality …