Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season
The North Atlantic Hurricane Season officially started on June 1, and like many coastal communities, Floridians know the drill. Stock up on water, canned food and batteries. Make sure your generators and chainsaws are in...
Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season
Levi Draheim, 11, of Florida, says he “basically grew up on the beach,” and that he is worried about the impact of climate change on his home, which is projected to be underwater by the end of the century should sea leve...
Young Victims of Climate Change Argue for Right to Healthy Climate
The week leading up to World Oceans Day (June 8th) is always a busy time for us at Ocean Conservancy, and this year was no exception. Everywhere we turned, one of our issues or spokespeople were being highlighted. We als...
Waves Come in Sets of Three: A Big Week for Ocean Action
Our Ocean Conservancy team—Andrew Hartsig, Patty Chambers and me—recently returned from a week-long trip to St. Paul Island to help with a marine debris cleanup that removed almost 20,000 pounds of trash. This cleanup wa...
Hard Work, Partnership and Nearly 10 Tons of Trash
Ocean Conservancy’s annual Photo Contest is underway, and we can’t believe how many incredible submissions we’ve received! From sky-high ocean aerials to close-up critter pics, this year’s photos...
11 Jaw-dropping Ocean Images
On World Oceans Day 2019, we celebrate all that is wonderful about the ocean while not losing our focus on the challenges facing the ocean—especially ocean plastic pollution. Ocean Conservancy has witnessed impacts from...
Is Recycling Broken? Yes
The Arctic spans roughly 5.5 million square miles at the top of the globe. Its icy waters are home to supremely adapted wildlife including bowhead whales, narwhals, walruses and ice-dependent seals. The region also provi...
6 Arctic Myths That Need Debunking
Standing on the shore, looking out into the ocean—it seems vast and never-ending! It should come as no surprise that some of the largest animals on Earth live in the ocean. Join us as we explore the big, bigger and bigg...
Who are the Biggest Animals in the Ocean?
By now, I’m sure everyone is familiar with one of the greatest threats to our ocean—plastic pollution. The stuff is literally everywhere, from the deepest parts of the ocean to remote regions of the Arctic. We can’t avoi...
3 Ways to Push Back Against Plastic Pollution
Calling all shutterbugs! Ocean Conservancy’s annual Photo Contest is here. Do you possess a hidden talent for photography? We want to sea your ocean photos. Get your photos ready, because the contest begins today—s...