Most species groups are not in Good Environmental Status in any region. At the same time, intense pressures and impacts are recorded almost everywhere, though a few exceptions exist for certain pressures in specific regional seas. #GES

Our article “What do we know about the state of European seas?” is now out in @consletters.bsky.social. In this study, we used all available #MSFD assessments to unveil the status of European Seas. @drangelborja.bsky.social @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
Find the article link at the post’s end.

Summer sampling in Cyprus.

Scenes from Friday’s ROV monitoring of gorgonian forests around Lesvos Island @skatsanevakis.bsky.social @jennieacp.bsky.social #MarineConservation

After decades of conservation efforts, the fate of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is dire — less than 20 individuals remain.

Saving endangered species requires urgent action, strict enforcement, and constant surveillance. Time is running out!
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Critically appraising these cases reveals a dire need for better ecological monitoring. Conservation goals can’t succeed without:

Local extinctions cause by climate change are increasing.

Extinctions were evident for various taxonomic groups, caused by different drivers and at different spatial scales.

How many local #extinctions have occurred in our oceans? 🌊 What is causing these losses? And do we have sufficient data to track changes in marine #biodiversity? @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
Here’s what our review on marine extinctions revealed👇

Critically appraising these cases reveals a dire need for better ecological monitoring. Conservation goals can’t succeed without:

Local extinctions cause by climate change are increasing.

Extinctions were evident for various taxonomic groups, caused by different drivers and at different spatial scales.

We found evidence for more than 700 local extinctions all around the world. Most local extinctions were recorded in the Temperate Northern Atlantic and Central Indo-Pacific.