Scientists working to understand ocean tipping points will host a symposium on February 12 at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., where they will present innovative strategies to protect vulnerable ocean ecosystems.

Megan Mach, COS early career fellow, and Rebecca Martone, COS assistant director of science and research, examine the challenges of quantifying the impacts of human activities on ecosystem services in their latest publication. Photo: Mosquito Lagoon Sea Grass, 2007, John Emerson. CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0.

In the wake of the UN Agreement on Climate Change, COS partners release a video that highlights what scientists and communities are doing to help.

COS ocean experts, Lindley Mease and Larry Crowder, weigh in on the significance of the ocean at the COP21 climate conference in this op-ed.