From sharks in seagrass to manatees in mangroves, we’ve found large marine species in some surprising places

Posted by Michael Sievers
On May 30, 2019

When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But our global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) and coastal wetlands is challenging this view – and how we might respond to the biodiversity crisis.

Turtley sick moves: rescuing weak sea turtles and the science aimed at helping their equally weak populations

Posted by Ryan Pearson
On April 26, 2019

Sea turtles are threatened. Literal boat loads of things affect their already low survival rates, most attributable to humans. Plastics, fishing entanglements, temperature increases, habitat degradation and actual boat strikes are killing turtles and affecting their populations in many other ways. Ultimately threatening their very existence. Knowing this, when my buddy Dr Michael Sievers and […]

How to become a Marine Biologist!

Posted by Tom Rayner
On March 13, 2019

How to become a Marine Biologist O, to be a Marine Biologist! The wind. The sea. The salt. The sand. The Life Aquatic! It’s a dream of many, but how do you actually do it? How do you become a Marine Biologist?

New SCB Working Group on Coastal Wetland Conservation proposed

Posted by Tom Rayner
On March 5, 2019

The Global Wetlands Project is leading a new proposal to create a Society for Conservation Biology Working Group on Coastal Wetland Conservation. To get the ball rolling, we’re hosting a discussion group at ICCB 2019 in Malaysia.

Carbon economy and wetland protection to benefit from new app

Posted by Tom Rayner
On February 26, 2019

A web app developed by GLOW researchers could encourage governments and wetland managers globally to reduce carbon emissions by protecting mangrove forests.

Symposium to tackle critical issues in global wetland conservation

Posted by Mischa Turschwell
On January 23, 2019

GLOW is hosting a symposium on “Emerging issues for the global conservation of marine and freshwater wetlands” at the 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 21-25 July.

Science communication: helping scientists survive in a ‘publicise or perish’ world.

Posted by Tom Rayner
On December 12, 2018

Dr Tom Rayner, Science Communicator with The Global Wetlands Project, talks about getting science communication working for scientists, not the other way around.