Marine Animals Face the Heat of Climate Change
When you think of the West Coast you probably think of sunny beaches and easy living. But that image masks the changes occurring just offshore and under the ocean’s surface. Climate change and marine heatwaves are dramat...
Marine Animals Face the Heat of Climate Change
Ocean fans tend to recognize the amazing value of kelp forests to our marine ecosystems. Whether appreciated while diving or snorkeling, or at an aquarium, the swaying amber fronds of a healthy kelp forest are a sure sig...
Kelp’s Mighty Role in Our Ocean
Ocean Conservancy engages with members of Congress on both sides of the aisle and from all around the country to protect our ocean and the communities and wildlife that depend on it. Recently, Ocean Conservancy had the o...
Ocean Conversations
Elizabeth Rush is a journalist and author who was named a Pulitzer Finalist for her book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Rising documents the people, communities and ecosystems impacted by sea level rise...
Q&A With Writer and Pulitzer Finalist Elizabeth Rush
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Environment Subcommittee will hold a markup of four bills addressing the impacts of ocean acidification. A markup is an opportunity for all members of a congr...
Four Ocean Acidification Bills Take Big Bipartisan Step Toward Becoming Law
Do you remember the last time you saw brightly colored coral? Perhaps it was in an aquarium at a restaurant or doctor’s office. How did it get there? Thanks to improving aquarium technologies in the last 30 years, a trip...
How Much is That Coral in the Window?
Last week, I was invited by Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Environment Subcommittee, to testify before Congress on the urgency of acting to protect c...
Corals, Lobsters and Oysters—Oh My!
The effects of climate change can range from prosaic to pernicious, from scary to surprising. A recent paper in Nature Communications spurred the imagination of readers and reporters by discussing how ocean color may cha...
A Sea of Many Colors
This week, our Ocean Acidification Program Director Sarah Cooley, Ph.D., will testify before the United States House Committee on Science, Space & Technology’s Subcommittee on Environment. The hearing—Sea Change: Imp...
Hot Takes on Ocean Climate Change and Acidification
The global discourse about oceans and climate change has been surging like a rising tide. The science of ocean climate change has been featured in major recent reports including the National Climate Assessment and the In...