Published by the World Wildlife Fund By now we all know the threats facing our oceans – unsustainable fishing, climate change and habitat destruction, among many other challenges. But there are also solutions being discovered every day to help the ocean become more resilient. Whether through a contest or web search, when we find an innovation […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The Arctic’s summer sea ice appears to have hit its lowest extent of the year, putting pressure on the region’s diverse wildlife. Ice covered only 1.6 million square miles on Sept. 10, and 2016 is now tied with 2007 for the second-lowest sea ice extent on record, according to the […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today, the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean hit the second lowest minimum on record during the summer of 2016. It matters. This is why: Sea ice is the foundation of the Arctic ecosystem. Wildlife like the iconic polar bear depends on sea ice […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Today, the State Water Resources Control Board is releasing its long awaited analysis of proposed changes to instream flows in the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced rivers. As the Board recognizes, these rivers are critically impaired by unsustainable water diversions that have harmed native salmon, fishing jobs, and the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, the IUCN World Conservation Congress voiced its opposition to the Pebble Mine, a gargantuan gold and copper mine proposed at the headwaters of the planet’s greatest wild salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska. In a virtually unanimous vote, the IUCN adopted a motion that opposes the Pebble […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Humans are driving large marine species to extinction – A new analysis of the previous five big extinction events as compared to the current “sixth extinction” finds a big difference between them: In […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Last month, President Obama made history by establishing the largest protected marine area ever in Hawaii. Now, he’s at it again. Today, President Obama announced the protection of a new marine area in New England as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. That means that in just a matter of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama made history today. He established the nation’s first marine national monument in the waters of the continental United States: the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located about 150 miles of the coast of Cape Cod. The monument will forever protect the rich diversity of […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Obama is due to speak tomorrow morning at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, D.C. This has NRDC and the diverse group of supporters for the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts monument proposal on the edge of our seats. We’re waiting to see if he’ll announce the first […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This week, Ocean Conservancy is focusing on the Our Ocean conference here in Washington, D.C. As a parallel to this conference, Crystle Wee will be attending the Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit at Georgetown University. By Crystle Wee My earliest memories of the sea were when my grandmother showed my sister […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CANBERRA, Australia, September 12, 2016 (ENS) – The Adani Group is moving ahead with its A$16 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, despite a new report by conservation groups that finds the conditions the federal government set when it approved the mine are “inadequate and will not […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last week, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced legislation that would restrict the use of “body-gripping” traps (i.e., foothold traps, Conibears, and snares) in two ways: first, it would limit their use by U.S. Department of Agriculture and Interior officials; and second, it would generally prohibit their use […]
Published by the Department of the Interior U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will make a major announcement surrounding Phase I of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, an innovative, landscape-level renewable energy and conservation planning effort covering 10 million acres of public lands management by the Bureau of Land Management in the California desert. […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd Crew’s Life Threatened by Mexican ‘Cartels’ in The Gulf of California Campaign leader targeted while on operation to save the endangered totoaba bass M/V Farley MowatA crew member aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel M/V Farley Mowat received anonymous death threats this week while on campaign in the Sea […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Most humpback whales are no longer endangered – This week the U.S. government decided to treat the whales as separate groups instead of a single population, resulting in the delisting of nine of the 14 […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy By Dennis McKay All my life, I’ve measured the “good life” with days on the water fishing. Escaping work, shunning worry and forgoing the pressures of daily life to enjoy the elemental world of water, weather and a fish has defined the happiest moments of my life. Actually, it’s a natural inheritance […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund U.S. Mission Photo Eric Bridiers Beginning September 1, members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) gathered in Hawaii for the World Conservation Congress to discourse on the future of conservation and sustainable development. Every four years the Congress, which is made up of 217 […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A conversation between Ocean Conservancy’s CEO Andreas Merkl and Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and navigator of the iconic Hōkūle‘a, as Hawaiʻi hosts the IUCN World Conservation Congress. With a shared passion for our ocean, Merkl (@AndreasMerkl) and Thompson spoke about experiencing unparalleled beauty on the water, the plague […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As officials work to safeguard us from the mosquito-borne virus, they must take every precaution to minimize collateral damage. iStock After health officials confirmed four travel-related cases of the dangerous Zika virus in South Carolina’s Dorchester County last month, authorities moved quickly to reduce the risk that mosquitoes might spread the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Last month, the website Water Deeply published an op-ed I wrote about the likely harm to salmon and other endangered species from the California WaterFix project. This op-ed followed a letter that NRDC sent to the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service regarding major flaws […]