Marine fouling is one of the major challenges facing humanity in marine industrial
production and transport activities. Traditional antifouling coatings use toxic antifouling …

Biological invasions, resulting from human activities, exert substantial impacts on
ecosystems worldwide. This review focuses on marine invasive alien species (IAS) in …

Antarctic biodiversity faces an unknown future with a changing climate. Most terrestrial biota
is restricted to limited patches of ice‐free land in a sea of ice, where they are adapted to the …

Global shipping facilitates the introduction of invasive species and parasites via ballast
water and hull fouling. Regional management of invasives may be strengthened by …

Scientific evidence is abundantly clear and convincing that due to the current trajectory of
human-derived emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the atmosphere and ocean …

Recent studies have highlighted the prevalence of microplastic (MP) pollution in the global
marine environment and these pollutants have been found to contaminate even remote …

Abstract Microplastic (< 5 mm; MP) pollution has been an emerging threat for marine
ecosystems around the globe with increasing evidence that even the world's most remote …

Introduction of non-indigenous microbial organisms is forecast to pose a significant threat to
the northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) marine environments, but reliable data are still …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide a range of ecological benefits. Frameworks—
including the IUCN protected area categories and The MPA Guide—offer tools towards …

Open data on biological invasions are particularly critical in regions that are co-governed
and/or where multiple independent parties have responsibility for preventing and controlling …