MB FUTURE SCIENCE BRIEF
This Future Science Brief and its recommendations support the UN Decade of
Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) in a number of ways.
"he Future Science Brief highlights knowledge to support Societal Outcome 1
(A clean Ocean where sources of pollution are identified and reduced or removed).
It also provides input to Outcome 2 (A healthy and resilient ocean where marine
ecosystems are understood, protected, restored and managed) by providing
tecommendations that focus on developing our understanding of the interaction
between marine organisms and underwater noise.
Regarding the Ocean Decade Challenges, this document addresses Challenge 1
"Understand and map land and sea-based sources of pollutants and contaminants and their potential impacts on human health and
Ocean ecosystems, and develop solutions to remove or mitigate them) by presenting an overview of existing European efforts to map
Jnderwater noise pollution, and providing recommendations for their further development. It also provides recommendations relating
to less-understood marine species and noise mitigation measures and how our understanding of these topics could be expanded,
and eventually applied. This document also addresses challenge 2 (Understand the effects of multiple stressors on Ocean ecosystems,
and develop solutions to monitor, protect, manage and restore ecosystems and their biodiversity under changing environmental, social
and climate conditions) by discussing the importance of considering underwater noise within the context of other stressors. Finally, to
address Challenge 7 (Ensure a sustainable ocean observing system across all ocean basins that delivers accessible, timely, and actionable
data and information to all users), this document makes recommendations on the expansion of monitoring and observations in
Europe, specifically for underwater noise.
It is important to understand how underwater noise interacts and combines with other stressors which are also impactinag on marine organisms
