Building a Resilient Florida to Blunt Climate Change
For the past several weeks, a red tide has lurked off Florida’s southwest coast, sickening birds and triggering fish kills. The late-season red tide is not unusual, but it is outside of the time of year red tides typical...
Building a Resilient Florida to Blunt Climate Change
Like all of the threats that face our ocean, ghost gear is a problem that does not recognize borders. A piece of fishing gear that snags on a ship in Canada can travel hundreds of miles before finding its way to a reef i...
How Can Governments and Economies Prevent Ghost Gear?
In the spring of 2020, Ocean Conservancy joined Closed Loop Partners’ Beyond the Bag Initiative, a bold new effort bringing together some of the world’s biggest retailers to find alternative materials, models and technol...
Is It Possible to Forever Rid the World of Single-Use Plastic Bags?
Biscayne Bay is one of those iconic Floridian waterways; it’s so iconic that it practically defines the entire character and identity of Miami-Dade County. It’s where people fish, swim, sail and just simply relax. It’s t...
New Government Role to Serve as Advocate for Water Health
While the ocean is appreciated for many reasons such as its natural beauty, raw power, healing abilities and the cool animals that call it home, we often forget an additional impressive ocean attribute. I’m talking about...
An Ocean-Powered Recovery for Our Economy
This article originally appeared in the Tampa Bay Times on February 11, 2021. Governor Ron DeSantis’ proposed $1 billion Resilient Florida program is grounded in common sense and gets the ball rolling on big investments...
Florida Needs to Permanently Prioritize Climate Resilience
When Valentine’s Day rolls around, there are a few things that come to mind: roses, love letters, boxes of chocolates and sweet treats galore … the list goes on and on. When it comes down to what this holiday is really a...
5 Lessons About Love From Marine Wildlife
When Cold War tensions were still high in October of 1988, three gray whales were found trapped in sea ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. Various efforts to clear a path to open water for them had failed. As hope seemed to e...
Why Collaboration is Key in the Fight to Save the Arctic
At Ocean Conservancy, we are always guided by the latest and best science in our efforts to combat marine plastic pollution. Recent research affirms that we need a suite of solutions to reduce the amount of tra...
Meet Vietnam’s New Trash Trapper
When the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take the field this Sunday for Super Bowl LV, Ocean Conservancy will be rooting for both sides. Why? Because our ocean needs every team—and every player—doing thei...