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So far in this #mooc we’ have explored some core principles of #ebm (Ecosystem-Based Management) 🌊but here’s something we haven’t yet talked about:
👉 EBM isn’t a one-off process. It’s cyclical and constantly evolving.
How does this make the ends meet? Stay tuned to find out…
👉 EBM isn’t a one-off process. It’s cyclical and constantly evolving.
How does this make the ends meet? Stay tuned to find out…
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week in the #ges4seas #mooc, we're exploring the many dimensions of #EBM. These are the competing sectors we must manage in order to protect our marine environment.
In the #atlantic (for example, the #bayofbiscay), there is the challenge to balance various sectors demands?
In the #atlantic (for example, the #bayofbiscay), there is the challenge to balance various sectors demands?
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week in the #ges4seas #mooc, we're exploring the many dimensions of #EBM. These are the competing sectors we must manage in order to protect our marine environment.
In the #atlantic (for example, the #bayofbiscay), there is the challenge to balance various sectors demands?
In the #atlantic (for example, the #bayofbiscay), there is the challenge to balance various sectors demands?
So, is #ebm just a concept on paper? Not at all. 📜
It is already shaping how we manage European seas, through global conventions, directives, regional policies, and local implementation.
Stay tuned for next week’s #mooc on how EBM spans marine sectors & the related challenges🚧
It is already shaping how we manage European seas, through global conventions, directives, regional policies, and local implementation.
Stay tuned for next week’s #mooc on how EBM spans marine sectors & the related challenges🚧
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
👉 The #marinestrategyframeworkdirective is one of the #EU’s main tools to protect the marine environment. Its goal? Achieving "Good Environmental Status" of EU seas. 🌍 And the approach? You guessed it ➡️ Ecosystem-based.
🌊 Internationally, #ebm pops up too! […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
🌊 Internationally, #ebm pops up too! […]
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
👉 The #marinestrategyframeworkdirective is one of the #EU’s main tools to protect the marine environment. Its goal? Achieving "Good Environmental Status" of EU seas. 🌍 And the approach? You guessed it ➡️ Ecosystem-based.
🌊 Internationally, #ebm pops up too! […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
🌊 Internationally, #ebm pops up too! […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
What have we learnt this week❓❓
To summarise #ebm means understanding how much the ecosystem can endure, how much we can pull on different strings, where we need to be careful, and where we need to strengthen the web. 🕸️🕸️
Ecosystem knowledge is […]
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To summarise #ebm means understanding how much the ecosystem can endure, how much we can pull on different strings, where we need to be careful, and where we need to strengthen the web. 🕸️🕸️
Ecosystem knowledge is […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What have we learnt this week❓❓
To summarise #ebm means understanding how much the ecosystem can endure, how much we can pull on different strings, where we need to be careful, and where we need to strengthen the web. 🕸️🕸️
Ecosystem knowledge is […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
To summarise #ebm means understanding how much the ecosystem can endure, how much we can pull on different strings, where we need to be careful, and where we need to strengthen the web. 🕸️🕸️
Ecosystem knowledge is […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
If the #ocean is like a spider web🕸️, then our human activities are like pulling on the different strings which puts pressure on the structure as a whole. Therefore we need to understand the bigger picture to ensure ecosystems can recover and function […]
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
If the #ocean is like a spider web🕸️, then our human activities are like pulling on the different strings which puts pressure on the structure as a whole. Therefore we need to understand the bigger picture to ensure ecosystems can recover and function […]
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The #ocean provides for all of us, but that is not the end of the story. We are part of the ecosystem and we need to respect that. The fish 🐟 we eat, the corals 🪸 that protect our coast, with our actions we influence them, harm them and in doing so can harm ourselves.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The #ocean provides for all of us, but that is not the end of the story. We are part of the ecosystem and we need to respect that. The fish 🐟 we eat, the corals 🪸 that protect our coast, with our actions we influence them, harm them and in doing so can harm ourselves.
By managing all human activities together, we can find smarter, more effective ways to protect and restore our oceans. 🌊 This ensures the sea can keep providing all the things we rely on: the food we eat, the air we breathe, and places for recreation, for […]
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November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
By managing all human activities together, we can find smarter, more effective ways to protect and restore our oceans. 🌊 This ensures the sea can keep providing all the things we rely on: the food we eat, the air we breathe, and places for recreation, for […]
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Without EBM, we often manage with 'tunnel vision'. A law to protect one species may unintentionally harm another, or a new coastal industry could pollute fishing grounds. This fragmented approach often fails to solve the root problems of ecosystem decline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsS3YvEWHEg
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Without EBM, we often manage with 'tunnel vision'. A law to protect one species may unintentionally harm another, or a new coastal industry could pollute fishing grounds. This fragmented approach often fails to solve the root problems of ecosystem decline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsS3YvEWHEg
How can we effectively manage human pressures on our marine ecosystems? 🌊 Sector-by-sector approaches often miss the bigger picture! Following our previous #moocs, next moth we start to explore Ecosystem-based Management (#ebm), an integrated approach that considers the whole system. #ges4seas
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So… We have reached the end of this #ges4seas #mooc #tipp
We hope that this provided a good source of knowledge on #tippingpoints
We also hope that you had fun with the activities. The answers are below👇👇
We hope that this provided a good source of knowledge on #tippingpoints
We also hope that you had fun with the activities. The answers are below👇👇
June 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So… We have reached the end of this #ges4seas #mooc #tipp
We hope that this provided a good source of knowledge on #tippingpoints
We also hope that you had fun with the activities. The answers are below👇👇
We hope that this provided a good source of knowledge on #tippingpoints
We also hope that you had fun with the activities. The answers are below👇👇
Today in #tipp #ges4seas #mooc, you are in the leader.
Get your role-play hat on and follow the link. Your choices could mean the survival or collapse of an estuary.
Read the scenario and tell us what you think is the best way forward
Hint: tough decision […]
Get your role-play hat on and follow the link. Your choices could mean the survival or collapse of an estuary.
Read the scenario and tell us what you think is the best way forward
Hint: tough decision […]
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June 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Now you know that once we reach a tipping point #tipp, getting back to where we were is Very Difficult🤔🤔
The ecosystem can change so much. We will need to reduce the pressures a lot. Even then, it might take YEARS!
Nonetheless we should NOT give up!
Read on👇👇
The ecosystem can change so much. We will need to reduce the pressures a lot. Even then, it might take YEARS!
Nonetheless we should NOT give up!
Read on👇👇
June 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Now you know that once we reach a tipping point #tipp, getting back to where we were is Very Difficult🤔🤔
The ecosystem can change so much. We will need to reduce the pressures a lot. Even then, it might take YEARS!
Nonetheless we should NOT give up!
Read on👇👇
The ecosystem can change so much. We will need to reduce the pressures a lot. Even then, it might take YEARS!
Nonetheless we should NOT give up!
Read on👇👇
Time to show what you’ve got—quiz mode: activated!😁 #tipp
Follow the link below to the quiz and feel free to refer back to previous posts.
Have fun! The answers will come at the end of the #mooc
Choose to answer anonymously
https://app.wooclap.com/KZANBE/questionnaires/683db0b7ac164e53f6b4ffe3
Follow the link below to the quiz and feel free to refer back to previous posts.
Have fun! The answers will come at the end of the #mooc
Choose to answer anonymously
https://app.wooclap.com/KZANBE/questionnaires/683db0b7ac164e53f6b4ffe3
June 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Time to show what you’ve got—quiz mode: activated!😁 #tipp
Follow the link below to the quiz and feel free to refer back to previous posts.
Have fun! The answers will come at the end of the #mooc
Choose to answer anonymously
https://app.wooclap.com/KZANBE/questionnaires/683db0b7ac164e53f6b4ffe3
Follow the link below to the quiz and feel free to refer back to previous posts.
Have fun! The answers will come at the end of the #mooc
Choose to answer anonymously
https://app.wooclap.com/KZANBE/questionnaires/683db0b7ac164e53f6b4ffe3
Hypoxia in the Baltic
The #BalticSea is susceptible to severe hypoxia because of a long history of excess nutrient discharge from land.
https://www.egu.eu/news/414/new-study-oxygen-loss-in-the-coastal-baltic-sea-is-unprecedentedly-severe/
https://youtu.be/P6qpvoi4HmA
The #BalticSea is susceptible to severe hypoxia because of a long history of excess nutrient discharge from land.
https://www.egu.eu/news/414/new-study-oxygen-loss-in-the-coastal-baltic-sea-is-unprecedentedly-severe/
https://youtu.be/P6qpvoi4HmA
New study: oxygen loss in the coastal Baltic Sea is “unprecedentedly severe”
The Baltic Sea is home to some of the world’s largest dead zones, areas of oxygen-starved waters where most marine animals can’t survive. But while parts of this sea have long suffered from low oxygen levels, a new study by a team in Finland and Germany shows that oxygen loss in coastal areas over the past century is unprecedented in the last 1500 years. The research is published today in the European Geosciences Union journal Biogeosciences.
www.egu.eu
June 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Hypoxia in the Baltic
The #BalticSea is susceptible to severe hypoxia because of a long history of excess nutrient discharge from land.
https://www.egu.eu/news/414/new-study-oxygen-loss-in-the-coastal-baltic-sea-is-unprecedentedly-severe/
https://youtu.be/P6qpvoi4HmA
The #BalticSea is susceptible to severe hypoxia because of a long history of excess nutrient discharge from land.
https://www.egu.eu/news/414/new-study-oxygen-loss-in-the-coastal-baltic-sea-is-unprecedentedly-severe/
https://youtu.be/P6qpvoi4HmA
Let’s look at some REAL examples of ecosystems reaching tipping points from the Baltic Sea #tipp
Over the years, the Baltic Sea has been exposed to many pressures that have changed it drastically.
Let's look at:
☝️Fisheries
✌️Hypoxia
Over the years, the Baltic Sea has been exposed to many pressures that have changed it drastically.
Let's look at:
☝️Fisheries
✌️Hypoxia
June 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Let’s look at some REAL examples of ecosystems reaching tipping points from the Baltic Sea #tipp
Over the years, the Baltic Sea has been exposed to many pressures that have changed it drastically.
Let's look at:
☝️Fisheries
✌️Hypoxia
Over the years, the Baltic Sea has been exposed to many pressures that have changed it drastically.
Let's look at:
☝️Fisheries
✌️Hypoxia
How can we detect Tipping Points? #tipp
1. Detection along timelines. E.g., when the high biomass of a macroalgae suddenly decreases from one year to another and stays low.
2. Detection with increasing pressure. E.g., increasing fishing pressure suddenly reduce fish biomass.
1. Detection along timelines. E.g., when the high biomass of a macroalgae suddenly decreases from one year to another and stays low.
2. Detection with increasing pressure. E.g., increasing fishing pressure suddenly reduce fish biomass.
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
How can we detect Tipping Points? #tipp
1. Detection along timelines. E.g., when the high biomass of a macroalgae suddenly decreases from one year to another and stays low.
2. Detection with increasing pressure. E.g., increasing fishing pressure suddenly reduce fish biomass.
1. Detection along timelines. E.g., when the high biomass of a macroalgae suddenly decreases from one year to another and stays low.
2. Detection with increasing pressure. E.g., increasing fishing pressure suddenly reduce fish biomass.
✌️The second is a PITCHFORK bifurcation. This is where the cumulation of pressure takes the ecosystem to an unstable state where it could tip one way or another depending on small perturbations in the ecosystem.
June 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
✌️The second is a PITCHFORK bifurcation. This is where the cumulation of pressure takes the ecosystem to an unstable state where it could tip one way or another depending on small perturbations in the ecosystem.
A bifurcation is when the ecosystem can diverge from the way it normally functions and starts functioning in a different way. It is like the parting of the ways on a road that splits up. That's where the word comes from!
Tipping points #tipp occur at the bifurcation.
Tipping points #tipp occur at the bifurcation.
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A bifurcation is when the ecosystem can diverge from the way it normally functions and starts functioning in a different way. It is like the parting of the ways on a road that splits up. That's where the word comes from!
Tipping points #tipp occur at the bifurcation.
Tipping points #tipp occur at the bifurcation.
#tipp #mooc
Pressures create changes in ecosystems (e.g., trawling reduces fish abundances and biodiversity). But the ecosystem can often bounce back (e.g., fish and biodiversity grow back). It is #resilient
The problem is when there are too many pressures on an ecosystem
Pressures create changes in ecosystems (e.g., trawling reduces fish abundances and biodiversity). But the ecosystem can often bounce back (e.g., fish and biodiversity grow back). It is #resilient
The problem is when there are too many pressures on an ecosystem
June 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
#tipp #mooc
Pressures create changes in ecosystems (e.g., trawling reduces fish abundances and biodiversity). But the ecosystem can often bounce back (e.g., fish and biodiversity grow back). It is #resilient
The problem is when there are too many pressures on an ecosystem
Pressures create changes in ecosystems (e.g., trawling reduces fish abundances and biodiversity). But the ecosystem can often bounce back (e.g., fish and biodiversity grow back). It is #resilient
The problem is when there are too many pressures on an ecosystem
