/PROJECTS
MarineGEO is a global network of researchers and partner organizations dedicated to better understanding how coastal ecosystems work. This is accomplished through long-term monitoring of vital marine habitats around the world, as well as shorter-term experiments conducted across the world at network sites.
The network primarily focuses on biodiversity in near-shore environments; biodiversity is often central to ecosystem functioning, and near-shore habitats experience elevated stress due to nearby human populations. These efforts not only provide researchers with the ability to track changes across the globe but shed light on the effects of these changes across habitats as well as help inform public policies focused on coastal resilience.
By using standardized, coordinated methods at participating locations, MarineGEO strives to expand our understanding of how ecosystems function at global scales and how they are affected by such global stressors as increasing temperatures, ocean acidification, and habitat change. Using standardized approaches leverages each partner's local knowledge with global patterns and concerns to provide a more complete picture of global changes in the years to come.
MarineGEO (Marine Global Earth Observatory), coordinated by the Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum
Marine Observatories Network (https://marinegeo.si.edu/)
2023-Present
Ongoing
