3 Tips for Ethically Photographing Marine Wildlife
By visually capturing life underwater, photographers give individuals that may never experience journeying to the depths of our ocean, the opportunity to view the incredible lives and habits of marine wildlife. Thanks to...
3 Tips for Ethically Photographing Marine Wildlife
You might not feel particularly motivated to get to know the sea urchin. And I get it! Their spiny bodies, slow pace and generally muted colors don’t exactly make them the most charismatic critters in the sea. But I guar...
Stop Sea-Urching, Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Sea Urchins
Last week, the journal Science published an article by our colleagues at The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ modeling various plastics pollution scenarios over the next 20 years. The results were alarming. According t...
The World is on Track to Triple Ocean Plastic Pollution by 2040
Protected parcels of lands and waters—often dubbed parks, reserves or sanctuaries—are critical conservation zones that not only sustain vibrant plant and animal communities but also inspire visitors to explore and stewar...
Plastic “Dust” in the Wind
The ocean is essential to the way we live—it gives us life, it feeds us and it is an infinite source of inspiration. Unfortunately, the ocean faces an unprecedented crisis. The plastics we use are leaking into the ocean,...
The Ocean Needs Innovation to Prevent Plastic Pollution
“I would love to free dive with great whites off the coast of South Africa one day.” That’s the kind of leisure activity you’d expect to hear from an NFL defensive lineman, who also happens to be passionate about the oce...
Great Lakes, Great White Sharks, Great Face Paint
It was a privilege to work with seven Indigenous friends and colleagues on a paper in which they describe what it’s like to live alongside one of the three international borders dividing the traditional lands of the Chuk...
In the Arctic, the Water Connects Us
Daniel S. Padilla Ochoa, Florida Partnerships Manager for Ocean Conservancy, sea-level rise specialist and urban planning graduate from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), talked to Gary Hilderbrand, founding Prin...
The Work of Gary Hilderbrand and Design’s Response to Climate Change
I spend a lot of time working to reduce the threat of oil spills in Arctic waters, and I’ll be the first to admit the laws and rules governing oil spill prevention and response are not easy to understand. Who gets to mak...
Preventing and Cleaning Up Oil Spills in Arctic Waters
The Trump administration continued its malicious attacks on our right to have a meaningful voice in our government decision-making process. Last week, the Trump administration rolled back the rules that implement the Nat...