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SDG14: Life Below Water

We invite you to read blogs by leaders in the field of ocean science research, browse our newest SDG14-related publications - and learn how to publish your research with Springer Nature.

The oceans supply substantial amounts of the world's food, but are often ignored in discussions about combating hunger and SN SDG logo © Springer Nature 2019making food systems sustainable.
With this in mind, Springer Nature has focused on SDG 14 with two principal approaches. We are publishing a number of high-level overviews from research consortia with a view to influencing discussions by heads of state and decision-makers in various sectors of society and policymaking. 


 

Blogs by our Authors & Editors

New open access journals publishing SDG14-related research

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npj Ocean Sustainability

A new, fully open access, interdisciplinary journal. Open for submissions. 

Opening Editorial: A Sustainable Ocean for All

Editor-in-Chief: Catarina Frazão Santos, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 

An interview with the Editor-in-Chief

The journal welcomes critical reviews, thought-provoking perspectives, and original research articles, both theoretical and case study-based, addressing a broad range of fields, their policy dimensions, and potential pathways and solutions to identified problems.


Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic 44195Sciences             

A fully open access journal published by Springer Nature on behalf of the Chinese Geoscience Union. Welcoming your submission. Read the first issue online now. 

Editor-in-Chief: Li-Hung Lin, China 

The Oceanic Science Section of the journal publishes original research articles on all aspects of oceanic science and its applications.


Community Blog Posts

The Springer Nature Sustainability Community and the newly established Nature Portfolio Earth and Environment Community support our SDG Programme. 

Read recently published articles and thoughts from researchers working to solve the world's grand challenges. Featured are contributions related to SDG 14:

Highlighted Articles

Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

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Global-scale patterns of observed sea surface salinity intensified since the 1870s

Communications Earth & Environment

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The coral conservation crisis: interacting local and global stressors reduce reef resiliency and create challenges for conservation solutions

SN Applied Sciences

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Societal implications of a changing Arctic Ocean

Ambio

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Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas

Nature Climate Change

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Multiple imputation of multibeam angular response data for high resolution full coverage seabed mapping

Marine Geophysical Research

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A multidisciplinary approach to identify priority areas for the monitoring of a vulnerable family of fishes in Spanish Marine National Parks

BMC Ecology and Evolution

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Vulnerability of fishery-based livelihoods to climate variability and change in a tropical island: insights from small-scale fishers in Seychelles

Discover Sustainability​​​​​​​

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Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics

Scientific Reports

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Topical Collections relevant to SDG14

Open for submission:

- Ocean-based Climate Actions (Scientific Reports)

 The Impact of Marine Plastic Debris on Life in the Sea (Marine Biology)

- Global change and interactions within marine pelagic food webs: current trends and future perspectives (Marine Biology)

- Biodiversity and Ecology of the Wadden Sea under changing environments (Marine Biodiversity)

- Functional Ecology of Aquatic Organisms (Hydrobiologia)

- Biodiversity, Ecosytem Services and Sustainable Development (BMC Ecology and Evolution)

Recently published:

- Future Seas 2030: Pathways to Sustainability (Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)

- Recent Advances in Characterizing Marine Gas Hydrate Systems (Marine Geophysical Research)

- Marine Pollution (Scientific Reports)

- Natural Gas Geology in the South China Sea (Acta Oceanologica Sinica)

- Magnetotactic Bacteria and Magnetoreception (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology)

- Seamount Ecosystems and Biodiversity in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology)

SN Applied Sciences Webinars

The SN Applied Sciences webinar series offers our authors and editors the opportunity to present their research to a global audience.

The Hawaiian Koʻa Card: coral health and bleaching assessment color reference card for Hawaiian corals

HVDC Transmission Technologies for Offshore Wind Power Plants

Installation of offshore wind turbines: challenges and opportunities

Blue Food

dh SDG14 Blue Food image © Springer NatureFood systems must be transformed to end hunger and malnutrition, tackle climate change and conserve biodiversity. This collection explores what aquatic foods can bring to the table.

The Blue Food Assessment, a collaboration between the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Stanford University in partnership with EAT, brings together over 100 researchers to explore the role that aquatic foods can play in building healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems. 

In this collection journals in the Nature Portfolio shine a spotlight on how aquatic food systems — blue foods — can help end hunger and accelerate the creation of a sustainable global food system.

Access the collection


Open Access Books: Supporting the SDGs

Explore SDG-related open access books, find out how OA extends impact & reach, and discover funding opportunities

Click here to visit our SDG OA Books hub

Information for Authors

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Ocean Sciences at Springer

The oceans provide much of our food and regulate our climate by absorbing heat and carbon dioxide. However, oceans are under serious threat.

Springer is very proud to support academics, professionals and practitioners around the world, offering cutting-edge research in a vibrant ocean sciences research collection. With currently over 2,000 scientific books and 90 journals, we support knowledge expansion and sustainable solutions.

Would you like to publish your research with Springer and contribute to our Ocean Science research collection? 

Contact one our publishing editors.


SDG14 and societal impact

Discover SDG14 researchers' attitudes towards societal impact in this downloadable infographic, part of a larger project in partnership with the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), exploring the role of open research in accelerating progress on global societal challenges. Learn more.

World leaders committed to solutions for ocean health and wealth

The ocean in humanity's future

Fourteen world leaders ask an international group of researchers where next for the ocean economy. This collection delivers some of the answers.

Learn more

The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy is a group of world leaders committed to developing and catalysing solutions for ocean health and wealth that support the Sustainable Development Goals.  The panel commissioned a series of ‘Blue Papers’ assessing the health and economic potential of the oceans.  In this Collection we present peer-reviewed research papers, Reviews, Perspectives and Commentaries that distill and build on the findings in these Blue Papers to help navigate the transition to a more sustainable relationship with our seas. Discover the collection.

Oceanic Global

The Oceanic Global World Oceans Day 2020 event featured keynote speeches, panels, and presentations from leading names across industries. The event which typically takes place in the UN headquarters was open to the public for the first time, and accessible live from all continents around the globe.

Here three of the speakers, Bill McKibben, renowned American environmentalist, Michael Selden, the Co-Founder of Finless Foods, and Olivier Ceberio, Co-founder of Resolute Marine Energy, share their thoughts on research collaboration, public engagement, and what it means to make meaningful change.

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