Published by Ocean Conservancy New shipping lanes open as summer sea ice decreases. Wildfires spread as tundra thaws and forests dry out. Marine debris clumps on rocky shores. Global change is visibly changing Arctic ocean and coastal environments. And at the same time, invisible changes are accumulating. Ten years ago, parts of the cold, wind-tossed Arctic […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy What would you get if you combined a ping pong ball, a suction cup and a fish? A lumpsucker. Lumpsuckers are a group of small, spherical fish that live in the chilly waters of the Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic. They’re part of the Cyclopteridae family, which gets its name from […]
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 the Environmental News Service ALBANY, New York, December 11, 2019 (ENS) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday directed the state Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC, to take immediate action to ban aerial use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. New restrictions on the toxic substance will protect New Yorkers, especially children, from adverse health […]
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 New research finds that the extinction of this flightless bird was completely our fault. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/great-auks-extinction.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
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 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 Ocean Conservancy The season of giving has finally come! As we enter into a time of the year filled with friends, family and countless festivities, don’t forget that one of the biggest days of the year for nonprofit organizations is coming up on December 3rd: Giving Tuesday. This is an incredibly special day for […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Alaskans love sharing a good fish story—we are famous for it—and often with each retelling the size of the fish and direness of the circumstances increase. Fish tales are fun to share. The impacts of climate change on our region are not and the stories of what we are seeing in Alaska […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Oil slick and biological debris from dead farmed salmon contaminate Pristine UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Clayoquot Sound, November 21st, 2019 – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew members have been on the water documenting a mass salmon die-off event at salmon farms within Clayoquot Sound, a UNESCO listed World Biosphere Reserve. The […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Oil slick and biological debris from dead farmed salmon contaminate Pristine UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Clayoquot Sound, November 21st, 2019 – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew members have been on the water documenting a mass salmon die-off event at salmon farms within Clayoquot Sound, a UNESCO listed World Biosphere Reserve. The […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Oil slick and biological debris from dead farmed salmon contaminate Pristine UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Clayoquot Sound, November 21st, 2019 – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew members have been on the water documenting a mass salmon die-off event at salmon farms within Clayoquot Sound, a UNESCO listed World Biosphere Reserve. The […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Dr. David Shiffman, a marine conservation biologist and public science educator based in Washington, D.C. Renowned for his witty social media presence, he has written for the widely-read ocean science blog Southern Fried Science, and his science writing has appeared in publications including the Washington Post, Scientific […]