Posts By Cate Hogan

The Future is Blue Carbon

The Future is Blue Carbon

The ocean’s role as a carbon superpower was only recently quantified in the 1990s and, as it turns out, it is responsible for diverting up to a third of all anthropogenic carbon from entering the atmosphere since the industrial...

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Shoring Up Against Sea Level Rise

Shoring Up Against Sea Level Rise

Sea level rise is a pressing issue when it comes to climate change. Many coastal communities already face deadly and dangerous storms, flooding, and structural damage, and the number of those affected is likely to increase((US EPA, O. Climate...

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Marine Ecotourism

Marine Ecotourism

Ecotourism is best defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people”[1]Banaras Hindu University & Lata Tripathi, K. Tourism to Ecotourism: a Tour. Int. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci. 3

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Protecting the Sea – MPAs as a Strategy

Protecting the Sea – MPAs as a Strategy

Though “marine conservation” feels like a recent concept, the protection of coastal and ocean ecosystems can be traced far back in humanity’s history. Many island societies, such as those of Palau, had the notion of personal stewardship of the...

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