Blue carbon, climate change and ocean acidification

Marine Conservation Research Group theme

Under the theme of blue carbon, climate change and ocean acidification, discover both the active and completed projects our researchers in the Marine Conservation Research Group are working on.

Active projects

Investigating the impacts of ocean acidification on marine benthic algae
Blue Carbon Artist in Residence
Blue Biosphere Natural Capital Accelerator (Blue Biosphere)
Establishing a socio-economic baseline to monitor the impact of the Nearshore Trawling Byelaw 2019 on Sussex inshore fishermen
International CO2 Natural Analogues Network (ICONA)
Intertidal seagrass meadows in South west England: the ecological and socio-economic benefits of restoration
Oceanographic drivers of ecosystem variability in the Chagos Archipelago
Stronger Shores: Marine habitats protecting coastal communities
Developing the business case and a pilot transaction for seagrass restoration
Towards net zero: development of AI enabled biological observing

Completed projects

Reehab: Assessment of the distribution and ecological status of Sabellaria alveolata reefs in Europe

Investigating the impacts of ocean acidification on marine benthic algae

Blue Carbon Artist in Residence

Blue Biosphere Natural Capital Accelerator (Blue Biosphere)

Establishing a socio-economic baseline to monitor the impact of the Nearshore Trawling Byelaw 2019 on Sussex inshore fishermen

International CO2 Natural Analogues Network (ICONA)

Intertidal seagrass meadows in South west England: the ecological and socio-economic benefits of restoration

Oceanographic drivers of ecosystem variability in the Chagos Archipelago

Stronger Shores: Marine habitats protecting coastal communities

Developing the business case and a pilot transaction for seagrass restoration

Towards net zero: development of AI enabled biological observing

Reehab: Assessment of the distribution and ecological status of Sabellaria alveolata reefs in Europe