What is the IPCC?
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?
If you ask Dr. Kory Evans how he comes up with his research questions, he will tell you he “follows the fish.” From observing fish tanks in his childhood bedroom to leading a research lab as an assistant professor at Ric...
“Every Fish is Cool”: An Interview with Dr. Kory Evans
Many marine animals, including whales and dolphins, depend on sound to navigate through the ocean, find prey, hide from predators and communicate with each other. For this reason, noise from ships and other sources such...
Reducing Underwater Noise from Ships
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
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is our country’s bedrock environmental law. It requires our federal government agencies to “look before they leap” when they consider major federal actions, like energy develo...
Restoring National Environmental Policy Act Rules, One Step at a Time
We may have just celebrated Halloween, but here’s something spooky that may have flown under the radar recently: The United States government, including agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (...
No Time to Lose: Update on Funding Bill
The ocean has absorbed nearly 33% of all greenhouse gas emissions and around 90% of the excess heat produced through climate change. It may seem like a good thing all around that the ocean is protecting us in this way, b...
Coastal Restoration Helps the Ocean Help Us
Oil began seeping into the ocean on Friday night. By Sunday, October 3, a full-blown crisis was underway in Huntington Beach, California, as over 125,000 gallons of crude began to wash up on shore. We are now seeing the...
What You Need to Know About the Oil Spill in Huntington Beach, California
Here in Anchorage, Alaska, the leaves are changing color, frost is on the ground and there’s new snow covering the mountain slopes. Fall has arrived, and winter won’t be too far behind. In the Arctic Ocean, the summer se...
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches its 2021 Minimum
Atxidax is the Aleut word for Pacific cod, and it translates to “the fish that stops.” Alaska Native people have stewarded and harvested Pacific cod in Alaskan waters for over 4500 years, and Pacific cod continues to be...