The More You NOAA: Score One for Our Ocean

Published by Ocean Conservancy Nobody said it would be easy. Thank you for stepping up for our ocean! More than a year ago, we brought you some frightening news. The Trump administration had proposed a shocking $1 billion cut to NOAA, our nation’s premier ocean agency. After that awful news broke, a remarkable thing happened. From […]

Lack of winter sea ice disrupts life in the Arctic

Published by the World Wildlife Fund It’s the second-worst winter for sea ice in the Arctic, according to new data released by National Snow Ice Data Center scientists—the crescendo of a winter packed with environment-changing temperatures. Ice covered only an estimated 5.59 million square miles of ocean at its largest extent, that’s down roughly 448,000 square […]

An important win for the world’s largest tropical wetland

Published by the World Wildlife Fund The world’s largest tropical wetland notched an important win today with new commitments that require sustainable development of the Pantanal, a 42-million-acre wetland that touches three countries. It ensures that all future development of this essential landscape is balanced with the needs of wildlife and people. Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay signed the landmark […]

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