Category: Science

This blog was written by Kassidy Troxell, Ph.D., a Research Assistant Professor at Florida international University’s Institute of Environment, and collaborator with Ocean Conservancy on our work to promote healthy Flori...

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle one of the biggest threats facing our ocean: plastic pollution. Next week the United Nations will host the fifth and final scheduled round of negotiations (INC-5) in Bus...

Even as world leaders convene in Azerbaijan for COP29 to chart a path forward to avoid a climate catastrophe, the fact is that the world has waited too long for emissions reduction alone to solve the climate cr...

It took Hurricane Helene just three days to travel from the overly warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the mountains of North Carolina, causing incredible damage and loss of life.  Hurricane Milton also moved...

Fifty-two years. 26 Congresses. 10 U.S. presidents. That’s how long Ocean Conservancy has been advancing policies that secure a healthy ocean and a thriving planet. Through political shifts and economic tides, the...

This blog was written by Michele Conrad, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. As a former state ocean policy manager, Michele represented the State o...

So common is batter-fried squid—Calamari, as it’s labeled on seafood menus—that it may come as a surprise how unique and important this valuable species is to coastal communities and ecosystems. On the West Coa...

September is a time for end-of-summer traditions, whether it is a back-to-school ritual or one last camping trip to soak up the last of the summer sun. In the Arctic, the end of summer is marked by a very ordinary event:...

In 2016, I first traveled to the island nation of Vanuatu with a mission: to understand the real-life impacts of ghost gear(abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear) on the local communities.  When y...

Many renewable energy solutions like solar and wind, both onshore and offshore, have reached commercial scale and are being deployed widely across the globe. Now other new marine renewable energy technologies, such as...