Celebrating Five Years of the Paris Agreement—and Looking Ahead
My whole life I’ve wanted to protect the wildlife and wonder of our planet. Climate change was always on the edge of that personal mission until about five years ago when I started working at an Earth and planetary scien...
Celebrating Five Years of the Paris Agreement—and Looking Ahead
Ocean plastic pollution is a big issue. Each day more than a dump truck full of plastic waste enters our ocean, and more than 24 million metric tons of plastic pollution enters our rivers, lakes and ocean each year. Howe...
Tackling Plastic Pollution With Trivia
Every once in a while, I get a text out of the blue from a friend with a question about the ocean. When you work in ocean conservation, you get used to it. Sometimes I have the answer, but the best questions leave me stu...
Do Sharks Sneeze?
In June 2019, the Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI), alongside 11th Hour Racing, the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation and local fishers, removed a ten-ton ball of gear from the Gulf of Maine. Roughly the size of a wha...
Collaboration As a Key to the Ghost Gear Threat
As we dive into December, don’t forget that our ocean could use that extra dose of gratitude and love we tend to show each other during the holiday season. Whether you support our ocean by signing a petition to protect t...
Ways to Give Back to Our Ocean This Holiday Season
Michigan and Ohio may not be the first places you think of when you think of the impacts of climate change, but according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Great Lakes region as a whole is “facing more frequent...
NFL Players and Broadcaster Support Our Ocean for My Cause My Cleats 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federal agency tasked with protecting our environment, is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. The EPA was created under President Richard Nixon’s administration, officia...
The Environmental Protection Agency Celebrates 50 Years
Click here for Spanish translation. Already adept at the role of linking the play between the defense and attack for West Ham United, midfielder Pablo Fornals—who grew up on the Spanish coast in Castellón de la Plana—is...
West Ham United’s Pablo Fornals Joins Team Ocean
At Ocean Conservancy, it is our great privilege to come to work every day and focus on ways we can protect our ocean from some of the greatest global challenges because a healthy ocean means abundant wildlife, thriving c...
To the Ocean Defenders in the U.S. Federal Government, With Gratitude
The lame duck session is in full swing, and soon the nation’s 116th Congress will come to a close. There will be some new faces in the 117th Congress. In that context, the Senate has unveiled their funding proposal for N...