Ocean Solutions for Clean Energy
We didn’t leave the Stone Age because we ran out of stones. To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate chang...
Ocean Solutions for Clean Energy
Here at Ocean Conservancy, we know the ocean provides powerful solutions to the climate crisis. Often, that conjures up images of rotating wind turbines rising up from the sea. Offshore wind energy is a growing source of...
What is Wave Energy?
It’s common knowledge that coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea—hosting an abundant variety of sea life and crucial habitat for about 25% of all ocean species. It’s true that most people could easily identify a cor...
All About Soft Corals
After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the United Nations (UN) Ocean Conference returned to an in-person event this June. Thousands of people from around the world gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the bigges...
Building Power for the Ocean at the UN Ocean Conference
Pop quiz: What causes mass planetary extinction events? Asteroids—yep. Volcanic explosions—those too. But the biggest cause of extinction events right now and in the foreseeable future? PEOPLE. A new study examined what...
It’s Not Too Late to Prevent Mass Extinction for Our Ocean
In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26). The ce...
How Tackling Ghost Gear Can Help Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report released this week details how future climate impacts are going to affect our society, and many of us may be wondering what the future holds. It is incre...
3 Questions to Ask After the New IPCC Climate Report
What is the IPCC? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading scientific authority on climate change. Every six or seven years, scientists from around the world organize into expert working groups...
What is the IPCC?
As I arrived in Glasgow in October for the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference COP26, along with leaders, advocates and activists from around the globe, it was clear the eyes of world were on us. In fact, at th...
Making Waves for the Ocean at COP26
This blog was written by Stephen Payton, the Regional Indian General Assistance Program Environmental Coordinator for the Chugach Regional Resources Commission and the Environmental Assistant for the Seldovia Village Tri...