BLOG ClimateUncategorized March 9, 2021

4 Ways to Channel Your Inner Jellyfish When Times Get Hard

These past few months have been a roller-coaster of ups and downs, not only for our ocean but for daily life. As we finish out the last of the cold days of winter, it’s important to stay positive for the spring ahead. Th...

BLOG Uncategorized March 9, 2021

4 Ways to Channel Your Inner Jellyfish When Times Get Hard

March 8 marks the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day, and there are so many ways to celebrate this day. It is a day for not only celebrating groundbreaking achievements by women in recent years but also for h...

BLOG ClimatePlasticsUncategorized March 5, 2021

5 Mobile Wallpapers to Celebrate International Women’s Day

There is a spot on the Pacific Coast Highway between Newport Beach and Laguna Beach that signifies home for Arianna Criscione. Throughout her youth, those beaches saw her playing football, volleyball, any sport, with her...

BLOG PolicyUncategorized March 4, 2021

Paris Saint-Germain Féminine Goalkeeper, Arianna Criscione, Joins Team Ocean

This week, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Raimondo as our nation’s new Secretary of Commerce. Her incoming leadership of the Commerce Department—an institution with one of the most diverse portfolio...

BLOG ArcticPlasticsPolicyScience March 3, 2021

Get to Know Gina Raimondo, Our New Secretary of Commerce

When it comes to the Arctic, there are some facts about plastic pollution that may surprise you. Did you know that: Arctic Ocean surface waters contain the most plastics of any ocean basin. 79% of northern fulmar seabird...

BLOG Uncategorized March 2, 2021

5 Not-So-Fun Facts About Plastics in the Arctic

I love grumps. Oscar the Grouch is my favorite Sesame Street character. I’m obsessed with Grumpy Cat. I love the perpetual frowns of the sarcastic frindgehead and blobfish. I’m generally a positive person but somedays I...

BLOG Plastics March 1, 2021

Octopuses are Punching Fish

Pacific razor clams are bivalve mollusks that live in sandy beach environments stretching from Alaska to California. In the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon, an adult razor clam can live up to about six...

BLOG Uncategorized February 26, 2021

Meet the Pacific Razor Clam

When it comes to staying motivated, I’ve heard that one of the best things we can do is keep ourselves surrounded by constant reminders of the things that inspire us most. This may take the form of putting up images of p...

BLOG ArcticPolicyScience February 23, 2021

Inspiring Ocean Wallpapers to Keep You Motivated

Last summer, I wrote about the Trump administration’s misguided attempt to weaken the 2016 Arctic Drilling Rule, a federal regulation designed to protect the Arctic Ocean from the potentially catastrophic impacts of expl...

BLOG Uncategorized February 22, 2021

Arctic Drilling Protections Still in Danger

World Whale Day is coming up on Sunday, February 21st, I’d like to give a giant, grateful shout-out to the cetacean family (toothed and baleen whales, dolphins and porpoises)! Not only are whales biologically fascinating...