Highlights:

• Anthropocene Coasts: Call for Papers – Tour de Coasts
• FEC and Conservatoire du littoral Unite to Champion Coastal Sustainability
• FEC Launches New Webpages for Flagship Initiatives
• Call for Expressions of Interest: International Project Office in Latin America for FEC
• FEC Recruits New Affiliated Projects: RoF, MANCOGA
• FEC New Publication: Enhanced wind mixing and deepened mixed layer in the Pacific Arctic shelf seas with low summer sea ice
• FEC New Publication: Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system
• Updates from FEC Fellows: Dr. Ibrahim Issifu
• Updates from FEC Supported Networks: OceanKAN, PCFML, ECOP, CCS-IGU
• DeltasUNite with a UNCCRD to Save Our Ocean-facing River Deltas
• Sustainable Coastal Growth and Resilience: The First Course of the Coastal Resilience School
• IPBES Nexus Assessment

Anthropocene Coasts is launching a new special collection titled Tour de Coasts.  

The submission deadline for this collection is July 21, 2025. You can access the topical collection via this link. 

Guest Editors 



Dr. Katya Altman, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, USA 

Dr. Dwayne Porter, University of South Carolina, USA  

Dr. Heath Kelsey, University of Maryland, USA

Dr. Anja Scheffers, Southern Cross University, Australia 

Dr. Xiaoyu Fang, East China Normal University, China  

FEC and Conservatoire du littoral Unite to Champion Coastal Sustainability

Future Earth Coasts (FEC) is proud to announce the establishment of partnership with Conservatoire du littoral (CdL), a French public institution dedicated to preserving and reviving threatened coastal ecosystems in Europe. The partnership between FEC and CdL is driven by a shared commitment to safeguard coastal ecosystems and raise awareness of environmental preservation.

In preparation for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) and in light of the 50th anniversary of the Barcelona Convention, the Conservatoire du littoral has decided to broaden its focus to ensure that coastal adaptation becomes a priority for States. To this end, in October 2024, in collaboration with the Mediterranean Action Plan, convened a hybrid workshop titled “On the Road to UNOC 3: Accelerating Coastal Adaptation with Regional Seas.” This gathering brought together regional coordinators, executive secretaries, UNEP representatives, and adaptation experts to discuss innovative solutions for coastal adaptation. Former FEC Chair and current FEC Academy member, Prof. Bruce Glavovic, was invited to join the panel of experts to discuss coastal adaptation and the role of Regional Seas.

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FEC Launches New Webpages for Flagship Initiatives: Tour de Coasts, Just Transitions, and CYBER-COAST

In a significant move to enhance public access to its flagship initiatives, Future Earth Coasts (FEC) has successfully launched new webpages for the Tour de Coasts project, the Just Transitions Sub-Working Group, and the CYBER-COAST Working Group. These webpages aim to improve accessibility and provide platforms for researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to engage with key FEC initiatives.

Tour de Coasts

Tour de Coasts, an initiative by FEC and University of South Carolina researchers, creates a forum for knowledge exchange about priority coastal sustainability concerns and fosters a comprehensive understanding of coastal sustainability challenges and opportunities from a global perspective. From March 2024, FEC conducted a survey with participants from 67 countries to identify key gaps and solutions. Survey findings were shared at the SRI 2024 Interactive Roundtable, and the final report is currently in progress, set to be released via FEC channels. Current updates and resources are available on the new Tour de Coasts webpage: https://www.futureearthcoasts.org/tour-de-coasts/. Stay tuned for more engagement opportunities.

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FEC is seeking an institution in Latin America to host an International Project Office (IPO). This unique opportunity offers the chance to play a key role in advancing coastal sustainability both regionally and globally as part of the FEC network.

FEC IPOs are responsible for carrying out day-to-day operations and facilitating collaboration within the FEC network. They play a crucial role in collating and communicating information related to national and international FEC research while serving as a vital communication channel for coastal aspects of global environmental change. This role requires active participation in monthly IPO meetings and Executive Committee meetings every two months, as well as engagement with key stakeholders at regional, national, and local levels. A strong commitment to collaboration and communication is expected to ensure the successful implementation and achievement of FEC’s vision.

We encourage interested institutions to adopt a dual-structure approach by nominating two leadership positions: a Director (e.g. Senior Professor) and a Deputy Director (Lecturer or Junior Researcher (e.g. Postdoctoral) level)). This structure aims to facilitate the sharing of responsibilities, thereby alleviating the pressure on a single individual and ensuring operational continuity, as well as allowing the development and mentoring of an earlier career researcher.

Deadline for submissions: January 31st, 2025. Click here to read more.

Rewilding our Floodplains (RoF)

Rewilding our Floodplains (RoF) is one of three key global programs by Positive Change for Marine Life (PCFML), a global organization collaborating with land managers and communities to improve marine inputs and foster community stewardship within healthy landscapes.

RoF aims to restore the blue lungs of our planet by bringing together farmers and fishers, businesses and scientists, first nations and communities. Together, they champion the restoration and protection of our waterways before it’s too late, building landscape-scale corridors from the mountains to the sea.

Mangroves as Nature-based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Eastern Ghana (MANCOGA)

MANCOGA is a collaborative research project between the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, the Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) at the University of Ghana, and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany.

MANCOGA will build a sustainable knowledge base for mangroves as a Nature-based Solution to lay the foundation for secure and sustainable livelihoods for communities living along the coast of Eastern Ghana. A dedicated Co-design phase demonstrated that stakeholders at all levels possess broad conceptual knowledge of the ecosystem services provided by mangroves, but also revealed large gaps in detailed local scientific knowledge and a wide chasm between research and implementation.

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Enhanced wind mixing and deepened mixed layer in the Pacific Arctic shelf seas with low summer sea ice

Yuanqi Wang, Zhixuan Feng, Peigen Lin, Hongjun Song, Jicai Zhang, Hui Wu, Haiyan Jin, Jianfang Chen, Di Qi & Jacqueline M. Grebmeier

Dr. Zhixuan Feng

Abstract

The Arctic Ocean has experienced significant sea ice loss over recent decades, shifting towards a thinner and more mobile seasonal ice regime. However, the impacts of these transformations on the upper ocean dynamics of the biologically productive Pacific Arctic continental shelves remain underexplored. Here, we quantified the summer upper mixed layer depth and analyzed its interannual to decadal evolution with sea ice and atmospheric forcing, using hydrographic observations and model reanalysis from 1996 to 2021. Before 2006, a shoaling summer mixed layer was associated with sea ice loss and surface warming. After 2007, however, the upper mixed layer reversed to a generally deepening trend due to markedly lengthened open water duration, enhanced wind-induced mixing, and reduced ice meltwater input. Our findings reveal a shift in the primary drivers of upper ocean dynamics, with surface buoyancy flux dominant initially, followed by a shift to wind forcing despite continued sea ice decline. These changes in upper ocean structure and forcing mechanisms may have substantial implications for the marine ecosystem, potentially contributing to unusual fall phytoplankton blooms and intensified ocean acidification observed in the past decade.

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Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system

Ibrahim Issifu, Ilyass Dahmouni, U. Rashid Sumaila

Dr. Ibrahim Issifu

Abstract

Plastic's incredible versatility drives its continuous production growth, contributing to 4.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With an unsustainable 4% annual production growth rate, plastics' environmental impact is significant. Our study, using climate and economic models, assesses the effects of a voluntary plastic levy imposed on the top 100 resin producers. The results suggest a potential 70% reduction in global plastic production emissions by 2050, lowering emissions from business–as–usual levels to 1.62 Gt CO2e. The proposed USD 82.5 billion levy over 25 years could fund recycling initiatives, increasing recycling rates by 73%. To align with the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 °C, plastic production growth would need to drop to approximately 2.9%–3.1% annually, achieving a 25% decrease by 2050. Implementing this levy could significantly enhance recycling and reduce emissions, mitigating climate change.

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Updates from FEC Fellows

Updates from FEC Supported Networks

Conferences

Reports

○ Anthony, E., Syvitski, J., Zăinescu, F., Nicholls, R. J., Cohen, K. M., Marriner, N., ... & Maselli, V. (2024). Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future. Nature Sustainability, 1-12.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01426-3

○ Banerjee, S., Lahiri, R., Choudhury, A. K., Mondal, A., Kim, J. W., MubarakAli, D., & Satpati, G. G. (2024). Unraveling the potential of cyanobacteria as food and investigating their production and nutritional properties. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 103421.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2024.103421

○ Day, J., Anthony, E., Costanza, R., Edmonds, D., Gunn, J., Hopkinson, C., ... & White, J. R. (2024). Coastal Wetlands in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 49.

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-121922- 041109

○ Day, J. W., Xu, Y. J., Keim, B. D., Brown, V. M., Giosan, L., Mann, M. E., & Stephens, J. R. (2024). Emerging climate threats to the Mississippi River Delta: Moving from restoration to adaptation. One Earth.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.03.001

○ Eriksen, S. H., Simpson, N. P., Glavovic, B., Ley, D., Carr, E. R., Fernández-Carril, L., ... & Degvold, F. (2024). Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development. Nature Climate Change, 1-4.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02190-0

○ Harvey, N and Thom, B (2024) Coastal Governance in Federated Countries. In: Baird, Daniel and Elliott, Michael (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2nd Edition, vol. 7, pp. 307–326. Oxford: Elsevier.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00098-6

○ Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124104

○ Leyva Ollivier, M. E., Newton, A., & Kelsey, H. (2024). Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay watershed socio-ecological system through the Circles of Coastal Sustainability framework. Frontiers in Water, 6, 1269717.

https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1269717

○ Liu, P., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Sun, Q., Zhang, D., Li, Y., ... & Chen, J. (2024). Sediment source-to-sink patterns along the Southeast China coast during the late quaternary: New insights from sediment geochemistry and OSL ages in the Ningde Bay. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112577.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112577

○ Maire, E., Robinson, J. P., McLean, M., Arif, S., Zamborain-Mason, J., Cinner, J. E., ... & Hicks, C. C. (2024). Managing nutrition-biodiversity trade-offs on coral reefs. Current Biology.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.031

○ Matovu, B., Lee, M. A., Mammel, M., Lukambagire, I., Lutalo, B., Mwangu, A. R., ... & Muhoozi, Y. (2024). Mobilizing Evidence-based Knowledge for Sustainable Wetlands Co-management and Co-governance amidst increasing Anthropogenic and Environmental Stressors: Key Lessons from Mityana District, Uganda. Environmental Challenges, 17, 101014.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.101014

○ Perillo, G.M.E., Piccolo, M.C., 2024. Global variability in estuaries and coastal settings. En: Whitfield, A.K., Elliott, M. (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2nd Ed. Vol.1 18-24 Elsevier.

DOI 10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00038-X

○ Perillo, G.M.E., Gao, S., Cuadrado, D.G., 2024. Tidal flats: geomorphology and dynamics. En: Uncles, R.J., Mitchell, S., French, J. (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2nd Ed. Vol.2 809-842 Elsevier

DOI10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00034-2

○ Politi, E., Brito, A. C., Gomes, M. R., Lebreton, C., & Falcini, F. (2024). Listening to stakeholders: Development of water quality indicators for transitional environments using satellite data. Ocean & Coastal Management, 253, 107140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107140

○ Raha, D., Davies-Vollum, K. S., Hemstock, S. L., Boateng, I., Islam, M. T., & Pierce, C. A. (2024). We need collaboration and co-creation to address challenges facing coastal communities. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01875-y

○ Valderrama-Landeros, L., Flores-de-Santiago, F., Ávila-Flores, G., Flores-Verdugo, F., Alcántara-Maya, J. A., Troche-Souza, C., ... & Suarez, E. (2024). IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, Mangroves of the Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific.

https://doi.org/10.32942/X2B03V

○ Venevsky, S., Berdnikov, S., Day, J. W., Sorokina, V., Gong, P., Kleshchenkov, A., ... & Giosan, L. Don River Delta Hydrological and Geomorphological Transformation Under Anthropogenic and Natural Factors: Century and Decadal Perspectives. Available at SSRN 4474057.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107364

○ Wolanski, E., & Kingsford, M. J. (Eds.). (2024). Oceanographic processes of coral reefs: Physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reef (2nd ed.). CRC Press.

https://www.routledge.com/Oceanographic-Processes-of-Coral-Reefs-Physical-and-Biological-Links-i/Kingsford-Wolanski/p/book/9781032340746

○ Xue, L., Li, T., Li, X., Bi, Y., Su, L., Song, Y., ... & Shi, B. (2024). Short-term evolution pattern in salt marsh landscapes: the importance of physical constraints. Landscape Ecology, 39(5), 1-16.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01898-w

○ Zhang, W., & de Vriend, H. (Eds.). (2024). Delta sustainability: A report to the Mega-Delta Programme of the UN Ocean Decade. Springer Singapore.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7259-9

○ Zhao, Y., Peng, Z., Chen, X., Fang, D., Liu, S., Wang, X., & He, Q. (2024). Parameterisation and evolution of non-breaking wave nonlinearity over flexible vegetation. Coastal Engineering, 192, 104543.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104543

○ Zhu, Q., Xing, F., Wang, Y. P., Syvitski, J., Overeem, I., Guo, J., ... & Gao, S. (2024). Hidden delta degradation due to fluvial sediment decline and intensified marine storms. Science Advances, 10(18), eadk1698.

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk1698

○ Alarcón Borges, R. Y., Pérez Montero, O., Tejera, R. G., Silveira, M. T. D., Montoya, J. C., Hernández Mestre, D., ... & Milanes, C. B. (2023). Legal Risk in the Management of Forest Cover in a River Basin San Juan, Cuba. Land, 12(4), 842. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040842

○  Alice Newton, Michele Mistri, Angel Pérez-Ruzafa and Sofia Reizopoulou. (2023). Editorial: Ecosystem services, biodiversity, and water quality in transitional ecosystems, Front. Ecol. Evol., Volume 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1136750

○  Baird, D., Elliott, M. (Editors-in-Chief), 2024. Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Sciences, 2nd Edition, 7 Volumes, Elsevier, Academic Press, Hardback ISBN: 9780323907989, eBook ISBN: 9780323910422. https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780323910422/treatise-on-estuarine-and-coastal-science-second-edition

○  Baumann, L., Riechers, M., Celliers, L., & Ferse, S. C. (2023). Anticipating and transforming futures: a literature review on transdisciplinary coastal research in the Global South. Ecosystems and People, 19(1), 2288957. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2023.2288957

○  Bezerra, Moisés & Goyanna, Felipe & Lacerda, Luiz. (2023). Risk assessment of human Hg exposure through consumption of fishery products in Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 189. 114713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114713

○  Botero, C. M., Palacios, M. A., Souza Filho, J. R., & Milanes, C. B. (2023). Beach litter in three South American countries: A baseline for restarting monitoring and cleaning after COVID-19 closure. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 191, 114915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114915

○  Brempong, E. K., Almar, R., Angnuureng, D. B., Mattah, P. A. D., Jayson-Quashigah, P.-N., Antwi-Agyakwa, K. T., & Charuka, B. (2023). Coastal Flooding Caused by Extreme Coastal Water Level at the World Heritage Historic Keta City (Ghana, West Africa). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(6), 1144. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061144

○ Brendel, Andrea & Ferrelli, Federico & Echeverria, María & Piccolo, Maria & Perillo, Gerardo. (2022). PROCESAMIENTO DE DATOS SATELITALES ÓPTICOS Y DE RADAR PARA LA DETECCIÓN DE CAMBIOS MORFOMÉTRICOS: EL CASO DE LA DESEMBOCADURA DEL RÍO SAUCE GRANDE (ARGENTINA). Caminhos de Geografia. 23. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.14393/RCG238658189 

○ Carmen E. Elrick-Barr, Julian Clifton, Michael Cuttler, Craig Perry, Abbie A. Rogers, Understanding coastal social values through citizen science: The example of Coastsnap in Western Australia, Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 238, 2023, 106563, ISSN 0964-5691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106563

○  Castiglioni, Eduardo & Gaucher, Claudio & Perillo, Gerardo & Sial, Alcides. (2022). Marine deposits of the Chuy Formation (Late Pleistocene) and isostatic readjustments in the area of Laguna de Rocha (Uruguay). Agrociencia Uruguay. 26. https://doi.org/10.31285/AGRO.26.799

○  Celliers, Louis & Manez Costa, Maria & Rölfer, Lena & Aswani Canela, Shankar & Ferse, Sebastian. (2023). Social innovation that connects people to coasts in the Anthropocene. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures. 1. 1-22. 10.1017/cft.2023.12. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.12

○  Charuka, B., Angnuureng, D. B., Brempong, E. K., Agblorti, S. K., & Agyakwa, K. T. A. (2023). Assessment of the integrated coastal vulnerability index of Ghana toward future coastal infrastructure investment plans. Ocean & Coastal Management, 244, 106804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106804

○  Chen, Y., Deng, B., Zhang, G., Zhang, W., & Gao, S. (2023). Response of Shallow Gas‐Charged Holocene Deposits in the Yangtze Delta to Meter‐Scale Erosion Induced by Diminished Sediment Supply: Increasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(1), e2022JF006631. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006631

○  Cunha, J., Cabecinha, E., Villasante, S., Balbi, S., Elliott, M., Ramos, S., (2023) Defining hotspots and coldspots of regulating and maintenance ecosystem services is key to effective marine management – an assessment of a coastal-open sea gradient, Portugal. Ocean & Coastal Management, 245: 106876; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106876

○  Datta, Satabdi & Roy, Joyashree. (2022). Exploring adaptive capacity: Observations from the vulnerable human-coastal environmental system of the Bay of Bengal in India. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 1007780. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.1007780 

○  Davies-Vollum, K. S., Koomson, D., & Raha, D. (2024). Coastal lagoons of West Africa: a scoping study of environmental status and management challenges. Anthropocene Coasts, 7(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-024-00039-9

○  Davranche, A., Arzel, C., Pouzet, P., Carrasco, A. R., Lefebvre, G., Lague, D., ... & Poulin, B. (2023). A multi-sensor approach to monitor the ongoing restoration of edaphic conditions for salt marsh species facing sea level rise: An adaptive management case study in Camargue, France. Science of the Total Environment, 168289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168289

○  Day, J. W., Hall, C. A., Klitgaard, K., Gunn, J. D., Ko, J. Y., & Burger, J. R. (2023). The coming perfect storm: Diminishing sustainability of coastal human-natural systems in the Anthropocene. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, e35. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2023.23

○  de Oliveira, E.B., Newton, A. & Botero, C.M. Development of a management-based ranking of beaches. Anthropocene Coasts 7, 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-024-00040-2

○  Elegbede, I. O., Lawal-Are, A., Oloyede, R., Sanni, R. O., Jolaosho, T. L., Goussanou, A., & Ngo-Massou, V. M. (2023). Proximate, minerals, carotenoid and trypsin inhibitor composition in the exoskeletons of seafood gastropods and their potentials for sustainable circular utilisation. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 13064. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38345-w

○  Elegbede, I., Lawal-Are, A., Favour, O. et al. Chemical compositions of bivalves shells: Anadara senilis, Crassostrea gasar, and Mytilus edulis and their potential for a sustainable circular economy. SN Appl. Sci. 5, 44 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-022-05267-7

○  Elegbede, I., Zurba, M., Hameed, A., & Campbell, C. (2023). Gaps and Challenges in Harnessing the Benefits and Opportunities of Indigenous Certification for a Sustainable Communal Commercial Lobster Fishery. Environmental Management, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01852-7

○  Elliott M. (2023). Marine Ecosystem Services and Integrated Management: "There's a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in"!. Marine pollution bulletin, 193, 115177. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115177

○  Elliott, M., Borja, Á., & Cormier, R. (2023). Managing marine resources sustainably–Ecological, societal and governance connectivity, coherence and equivalence in complex marine transboundary regions. Ocean & Coastal Management, 245, 106875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106875

○  Elliott, M., Wither, A., (Eds.) (2024). Environmental Consequences and Management of Coastal Industries: Terms and Concepts. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Paperback ISBN: 9780443137525, eBook ISBN: 9780443137532, pp 371. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2022-0-00268-3

○  Elrick-Barr CE, Clifton J, Cuttler M, Perry C & Rogers AA (2023). Understanding coastal social values through citizen science: The example of Coastsnap in Western Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 238, 106563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106563

○  Elrick-Barr, C. E., Smith, T. F., & Thomsen, D. C. (2024). Is ‘hope’helpful or a hinderance? Implications for coastal governance. Ocean & Coastal Management, 248, 106953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106953

○  Feng, Y., Tu, C., Li, R., Wu, D., Yang, J., Xia, Y., ... & Luo, Y. (2023). A systematic review of the impacts of exposure to micro-and nano-plastics on human tissue accumulation and health. Eco-Environment & Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2023.08.002

○  Ferreira, A.C.; LACERDA LD, Rodrigues, J.V.; Bezerra, L.E.A. 2023. New contributions to mangrove restoration/rehabilitation protocols and practices. Forest Ecology & Management Journal 31, 89-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-022-09903-2

○  Foley, Aideen & Moncada, Stefano & Mycoo, Michelle & Nunn, Patrick & Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Verena & Evans, Christopher. (2022). Small Island Developing States in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.769 

○  Forero-López, A. D., Toniolo, M. A., Colombo, C. V., Rimondino, G. N., Cuadrado, D., Perillo, G. M. E., & Malanca, F. E. (2023). Marine microdebris pollution in sediments from three environmental coastal areas in the southwestern Argentine Atlantic. Science of The Total Environment, 169677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169677

○  Fragoso, C.; Gatts, P.V.; Di Benedittoa, A.P.; Martinelli, L.A.; LACERDA, L.D. & Rezende, C.E. 2023. Stable isotopes and Mercury as tools to depict aquatic food webs. Quimica Nova 46 (11) http://dx.doi.org/10.21577/0100-4042.20230125

○  Fu, C., Li, Y., Tu, C., Hu, J., Zeng, L., Qian, L., ... & Luo, Y. (2023). Dynamics of trace element enrichment in blue carbon ecosystems in relation to anthropogenic activities. Environment International, 180, 108232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108232

○  Fu, C., Li, Y., Zeng, L., Tu, C., Wang, X., Ma, H., ... & Luo, Y. (2024). Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral‐associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils. Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17070. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17070

○  Gallo Velez, David & Restrepo, Juan & Newton, Alice. (2023). Assessment of the Magdalena River delta socio-ecological system through the Circles of Coastal Sustainability framework. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 10.3389/feart.2023.1058122. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1058122

○  Goyanna, F., Silva, G., Bezerra, M.F., LACERDA, L.D. 2023. Mercury in oceanic upper trophic level sharks and bony fishes - A systematic review. Environmental Pollution 318, 120821 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120821

○  Guzmán, D. H., Mier, R. L., Vergara, A., & Milanes, C. B. (2023). Marine protected areas in Colombia: A historical review of legal marine protection since the late 1960 s to 2023. Marine Policy, 155, 105726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105726

○  Harvey N & Smith TF, 2023, 'Key lessons from new perspectives on Australian coastal management', Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 239, 15 May 2023, 106581 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106581

○  Hawkins, S. J., Todd, P. A., Russell, B. D., Lemasson, A. J., Allcock, A. L., Byrne, M., ... & Swearer, S. E. (2023). Review of the Central and South Atlantic Shelf and Deep-Sea Benthos: Science, Policy, and Management. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review. Volume 61, 61, 127-218.

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○  Moura, V.L. & LACERDA, L.D. 2022. Mercury sources, emissions, distribution and bioavailability along an estuarine gradient under semiarid conditions in NE Brazil. International Journal of Pollution Research and Public Health 19, 17092 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijprph192417092

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Anthropocene Coasts

special column

Congratulations to Anthropocene Coasts on being selected for the High-Starting New Journal Project under the China Science and Technology Journal Excellence Initiative. The editorial team of Anthropocene Coasts extends their gratitude to the Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, Guest Editors, Reviewers, and especially to the Authors of Anthropocene Coasts for their unwavering support and outstanding contributions! 

Anthropocene Coasts, Future Earth Coasts' first official journal, is a Green Open Access journal hosted by East China Normal University. The journal publishes multidisciplinary research addressing the interaction of human activities with our estuaries and coasts.

To help build on the success of Anthropocene Coasts and to explore more exciting international opportunities representing the journal, we’re seeking more international Associate Editors who will recruit high-quality papers and increase the journal’s impact. Candidates will also be expected to coordinate with the Editors-in-Chief, Prof. Shu Gao and Prof. Ian Townend, to oversee manuscript review and make recommendations for manuscript reviewing.

Main responsibilities:

• Secure high-quality journal content. Actively support the journal during your term of office by soliciting submissions to the journal, leading or encouraging others to lead special collections and promoting the journal to peers, colleagues, and the wider coastal research community.
• Raise the journal’s profile in your country and internationally.
• Safeguard the integrity of the peer review process. Ensure it is rigorous, timely, unbiased, and confidential.
• Attend our editorial board webinars and work with the Editors-in-Chief to help journal develop.

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Special Collection: Coastal governance in the Global South

GUEST EDITORS:

Professor Sian Davies-Vollum

Dr Debadayita Raha

Dr Steve Puttick

For this Special Collection, Anthropocene Coasts invites manuscripts of all aspects of coastal governance and management in the Global South including but not limited to: coastal policy, governance for sustainable development, resource management, managing climate change (adaptation and mitigation), human-centred and community led governance, strategies for sustainable coastal livelihoods, health and wellbeing, and studies generating primary data that can inform coastal management.

Anthropocene Coasts is especially interested in studies that bridge basic theoretical research and management sciences. We encourage submissions from the Global South.

Update Milestones:

• August 30, 2024: Open call for abstracts closes; submit MS for 2x independent review
• January 2025: Manuscript submission deadline

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Most of our subscribers are coasts-related researchers. If you would like to put some recruitment information or share some latest news about coastal research in FEC monthly newsletter, please feel free to contact us through fecchina@ecnu.edu.cn.