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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...