Although recent articles state that jellyfish populations are increasing, most available
evidence shows that jellyfish abundances fluctuate with climatic cycles. Reports of …

Human populations have been concentrated along and exploiting the coastal zones for
millennia. Of regions with the highest human impacts on the oceans, 6 of the top 10 have …

A blind faith in the ability of MPAs to counteract loss of biodiversity is fraught with risk,
especially when MPAs are poorly planned and when the consequences of establishing …

Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet
flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for …

Overexploitation threatens the future of many large vertebrates. In the ocean, tunas and sea
turtles are current conservation concerns because of this intense pressure. The status of …

" How to build a more just world and save the planet.... We should all heed Brown's advice."—
Bill Clinton In this updated edition of the landmark Plan B, Lester Brown outlines a survival …

The wake-up call will come, Brown believes, when 1.3 billion Chinese consumers with an
$80 billion trade surplus start competing with Americans for US grain, driving up food prices …

In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the sun revolved
around the earth, arguing instead that the earth revolved around the sun. His paper led to a …

Global landings of demersal marine fishes are demonstrated to have shifted to deeper water
species over the last 50 years. Our analysis suggests deep‐water fish stocks may be at …

The depletion of fish stocks from global fisheries has been a long‐standing concern. More
recently, incidental catch of non‐target (termed bycatch) vertebrates also has been …