Despite substantial conservation efforts, the loss of ecosystems continues globally, along
with related declines in species and nature's contributions to people. An effective ecosystem …

Salt marshes provide ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, coastal protection,
sea-level-rise (SLR) adaptation and recreation. SLR, storm events, drainage and mangrove …

Microplastics (MPs) are one of the leading pollutants on the earth's surface and are found
almost everywhere, including in aquatic environments. Microplastic pollution (MPP) on the …

Coral reef management and conservation stand to benefit from improved high-resolution
global mapping. Yet classifications underpinning large-scale reef mapping to date are …

Shallow nearshore coastal waters provide a wealth of societal, economic, and ecosystem
services, yet their topographic structure is poorly mapped due to a reliance upon expensive …

Assessments of the status of tidal flats, one of the most extensive coastal ecosystems, have
been hampered by a lack of data on their global distribution and change. Here we present …

Seagrass conservation is critical for mitigating climate change due to the large stocks of
carbon they sequester in the seafloor. However, effective conservation and its potential to …

Global shallow water bathymetry maps offer critical information to inform activities such as
scientific research, environment protection, and marine transportation. Methods that employ …

Coral reef research and management efforts can be improved when supported by reef maps
providing local-scale details across global extents. However, such maps are difficult to …

Technological innovations that improve the speed, scale, reproducibility, and accuracy of
monitoring surveys will allow for a better understanding of the global decline in tropical reef …