Published by Ocean Conservancy ‘Tis the season! While there are many reasons to celebrate this time of year, I especially look forward to Spotify Wrapped—an annual snapshot of our music listening habits and a reflection of the tunes that kept us going throughout the year. As we look back on a decade’s worth of our obsessive […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The holiday season is a time for reflection, gratitude and hope. We are proud and humbled by the victories we’ve accomplished for our ocean this year—and we couldn’t have done it without you. Together, we are a strong global community of advocates who can accomplish great things for our ocean. Thanks to […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Candy canes and pinecones, joyful music and fireplace gatherings—signs that the holiday season is upon us! At some point in our lives, I’m sure that each and every one of us has wished that it was a holiday every day. Though we can’t give you an eternal festive season, we can provide […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This week in Washington was one for the history books. But while the news cameras were pointed elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Congress finally took steps to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2020 (which actually started back in October). As always with budgets, compromises between parties and between both chambers of […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As the ocean warms, an increasing number of turtles are heading farther north and getting stranded once the temperatures fall. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/climate/climate-change-cold-turtles.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The ocean off California is acidifying faster than the rest of the ocean, a new study shows. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/climate/california-ocean-acidifying.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society In flagrant disregard for federal law, dozens of skiffs fishing with illegal gillnets swarmed the protected waters home to the most endangered marine mammal in the world this week. San Felipe, MX, December 9th, 2019 – Over 80 skiffs swarmed the shores of San Felipe, Baja California yesterday in an […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society In flagrant disregard for federal law, dozens of skiffs fishing with illegal gillnets swarmed the protected waters home to the most endangered marine mammal in the world this week. San Felipe, MX, December 9th, 2019 – Over 80 skiffs swarmed the shores of San Felipe, Baja California yesterday in an […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society In flagrant disregard for federal law, dozens of skiffs fishing with illegal gillnets swarmed the protected waters home to the most endangered marine mammal in the world this week. San Felipe, MX, December 9th, 2019 – Over 80 skiffs swarmed the shores of San Felipe, Baja California yesterday in an […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new report found that oxygen levels in the world’s oceans declined by 2 percent over 50 years, threatening marine life around the planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/climate/ocean-acidification-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In Sydney, fresh air and ocean breezes have long been treated as a daily birthright. Not anymore. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/australia/sydney-fires.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Ingrid Giskes, the Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), where she works to tackle the most harmful form of marine debris in our ocean: lost and abandoned fishing gear. She has a background in international policy and has been working in this field for the last seven years. When she’s not traveling, Ingrid lives […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Some people wear causes on their sleeve. This Sunday, six NFL players will wear causes on their cleats for the fourth-annual edition of the My Cause My Cleats (MCMC) initiative. Players from coast to coast are joining #TeamOcean by choosing to put our ocean on display when their teams take the field […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For decades, countries have largely overlooked our ocean within the UN’s climate change negotiations, despite the ocean having an outsized role in the functioning of our entire planet. But this year is different. This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP) is known as the “Blue COP.” The ocean will be more prominent […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In one case, discovering that autoworkers shared the same diseases, she pinpointed the cause as chemicals in the factories — not, as was thought, cigarettes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/health/dr-janette-sherman-dead.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ocean temperatures are on the rise and warming waters are causing fish to swim for their lives, causing financial disruption and international conflicts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/climate/climate-change-ocean-fish-iceland.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by Ocean Conservancy Thanksgiving is always a time for reflection and gratitude, and this year is no exception. This Thanksgiving, we would like to express our appreciation and celebrate some ocean victories—many of which were possible because of the support of ocean advocates like you. I could not be prouder of our Ocean Conservancy team, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It was my first time in America. As my foot touched the ground in California, I recall thinking something like, “This is the landmass of the earth called the United States of America that I vaguely know from Hollywood movies.” Yet, what is now known as the United States is really the home […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Ardent Dolphins fans may already have heard the big news: Hard Rock Stadium—home of the Miami Dolphins and Super Bowl LIV–is ditching single-use plastics in favor of more easily recyclable alternatives. That means some 2.8 million fewer pieces of single-use plastic, including plastic beverage bottles, cups and cutlery, will be circulating in […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The court also turned away an appeal from Adnan Syed, whose case was the subject of the first season of the podcast “Serial.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/supreme-court-campaign-finance-libel.html?emc=rss&partner=rss