Many issues afflict the ocean, such as loss of biodiversity, overexploitation, acidification, warming and increasing pollution. Recognizing the scope and urgency of this problem, PLOS Biology has developed a new collection of articles under the theme "Ocean solutions for a sustainable, healthy and inclusive future." The collection explores potential solutions to mitigate the impacts of human activity on ocean ecosystems to minimize or reverse degradation, paving the way for the sustainable use of marine resources. Articles highlight some of the key research priorities on mitigation of the anthropogenic effects on the oceans. The image shows waves lapping the shoreline at dawn in South Africa.
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Editorial
The search for ocean solutions
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001860
Essays
Finding logic models for sustainable marine development that deliver on social equity
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001841
Tackling the mangrove restoration challenge
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001836
Living in relationship with the Ocean to transform governance in the UN Ocean Decade
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001828
Advancing the protection of marine life through genomics
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001801
Consensus View
Five actionable pillars to engage the next generation of leaders in the co-design of transformative ocean solutions
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001832
Perspectives
Black in Marine Science: A new wave is here
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001833
Reimagining sustainable fisheries
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001829
Algal solutions: Transforming marine aquaculture from the bottom up for a sustainable future
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001824
Two-eyed seeing: Embracing the power of Indigenous knowledge for a healthy and sustainable Ocean
PLOS Biology: published October 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001876
Primers
Not all viruses cause disease: HERV-K(HML-2) in healthy human tissues
PLOS Biology: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001884
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The wheat clock strikes a balance across subgenomes to regulate gene expression
PLOS Biology: published October 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001825
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Community Page
Multiomics in the central Arctic Ocean for benchmarking biodiversity change
PLOS Biology: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001835
Research Articles
A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency
PLOS Biology: published October 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001437
Conflict over fertilization underlies the transient evolution of reinforcement
PLOS Biology: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001814
Shared biophysical mechanisms determine early biofilm architecture development across different bacterial species
PLOS Biology: published October 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001846
Differences in temporal processing speeds between the right and left auditory cortex reflect the strength of recurrent synaptic connectivity
PLOS Biology: published October 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001803
Distinct phosphorylation states of mammalian CaMKIIβ control the induction and maintenance of sleep
PLOS Biology: published October 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001813
Cell shape anisotropy contributes to self-organized feather pattern fidelity in birds
PLOS Biology: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001807
A caspase–RhoGEF axis contributes to the cell size threshold for apoptotic death in developing Caenorhabditis elegans
PLOS Biology: published October 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001786
Parafibromin governs cell polarity and centrosome assembly in Drosophila neural stem cells
PLOS Biology: published October 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001834
Phosphoinositide species and filamentous actin formation mediate engulfment by senescent tumor cells
PLOS Biology: published October 24, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001858
Widespread expression of the ancient HERV-K (HML-2) provirus group in normal human tissues
PLOS Biology: published October 18, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001826
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A genome-wide screen identifies SCAI as a modulator of the UV-induced replicative stress response
PLOS Biology: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001543
Global genome decompaction leads to stochastic activation of gene expression as a first step toward fate commitment in human hematopoietic cells
PLOS Biology: published October 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001849
LRRC15 inhibits SARS-CoV-2 cellular entry in trans
PLOS Biology: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001805
GBPL3 localizes to the nuclear pore complex and functionally connects the nuclear basket with the nucleoskeleton in plants
PLOS Biology: published October 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001831
Cryo-EM structures of LolCDE reveal the molecular mechanism of bacterial lipoprotein sorting in Escherichia coli
PLOS Biology: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001823
Short Reports
Co-occurring anthropogenic stressors reduce the timeframe of environmental viability for the world’s coral reefs
PLOS Biology: published October 11, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001821
Enhanced mosquito vectorial capacity underlies the Cape Verde Zika epidemic
PLOS Biology: published October 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001864
Baseline oxygen consumption decreases with cortical depth
PLOS Biology: published October 27, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001440
The inner nuclear membrane protein NEMP1 supports nuclear envelope openings and enucleation of erythroblasts
PLOS Biology: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001811
Methods and Resources
OrthoSNAP: A tree splitting and pruning algorithm for retrieving single-copy orthologs from gene family trees
PLOS Biology: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001827
Circadian regulation of the transcriptome in a complex polyploid crop
PLOS Biology: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001802
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Meta-Research Article
The rearing environment persistently modulates mouse phenotypes from the molecular to the behavioural level
PLOS Biology: published October 21, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001837
Discovery Report
Heliorhodopsin binds and regulates glutamine synthetase activity
PLOS Biology: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001817
Update Article
cNap1 bridges centriole contact sites to maintain centrosome cohesion
PLOS Biology: published October 25, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001854