What is the Science Behind Plastic Pollution?
This blog was co-written with Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups usi...
What is the Science Behind Plastic Pollution?
It’s one of the best weeks of the year: Shark Week. As our finned friends get a lot of extra attention this week, I am reflecting on my love of sharks and the threats they’re facing. In fact, before I was an ocean plasti...
How are Sharks Affected by Plastic Pollution?
This blog was written by Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using tr...
Do Beach Cleanups Really Work?
The administration released details earlier this month for the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) and what it would mean for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Unfortunately, if passe...
How the Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Threaten Our Ocean
With Plastic Free July just around the corner, now is the perfect time to reflect on the progress we’ve seen across the United States in the fight against plastic pollution. While plastic pollution continues to flo...
U.S. Progress on Tackling Plastic Pollution
Ocean Conservancy’s annual Photo Contest has come to a close and the results are breathtaking. Hundreds of you sent inspirational and heartbreaking photos and videos, and I am so impressed. Thank you for sharing your art...
Introducing Ocean Conservancy’s 2025 Photo Contest Winners
“Blow. Above Peninsula, by the smaller piece of floating ice.” “Got it. Ready … mark!” We are standing on a 25-foot block of ice a mile off the coast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, counting bowhead whales. Three of us are o...
Learning From Indigenous Ocean Knowledge
This blog was written by Ruth Teichroeb, a former journalist and communications professional at Oceans North and Ocean Conservancy. She is based in Sidney, B.C. Like the Arctic, the waters surrounding Jeju Island, South...
Melting Sea Ice and Drooping Corals
In recent months, U.S. trade has been at the forefront for many of us. But also, for many of us, when our packages show up at our door, we often forget the journey these items take, me included. When I began working on s...
How Will IMPAA Impact Shipping Trade Routes?
The Sea and the Butterfly by Kim Kirim No one told him about the water’s depth.The white butterfly did not know how to fear the sea. Thinking it to be a field of blue radish leaves, he floated down.Young wings ended up p...