New Report Highlights Benefits of Zero-Carbon Ports
We are in the midst of an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate the decarbonization of the shipping industry. Over the next few months, several international and national discussions on how to address the causes and im...
New Report Highlights Benefits of Zero-Carbon Ports
Last month, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy left Seward, Alaska to start an Arctic voyage through the famed Northwest Passage, a sea route that winds among islands north of mainland Canada and connects the Pacific...
Arctic Voyage Highlights Less Sea Ice Due to a Warming Climate
Like many Americans, my family hoped for some normalcy after our COVID vaccinations. For us, that meant finally traveling to Alaska and taking in a small slice of the remarkable state. Yet in between the seeing humpback...
Witnessing Climate Change Effects in Alaska
Written by Maya Canonizado, Communications Intern at Ocean Conservancy, based in Los Angeles, CA. She is a recent graduate from University of Southern California with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a minor in Manage...
How to Talk About Our Changing Climate
The last sight you want to see when you visit Florida beaches is dead marine life. But, that is what is starting to happen more and more as this year’s red tide event is beginning. So far this summer, Pinellas County has...
Red Tides are Devastating Florida’s Waters
On the shores of the Salish Sea where land and ocean meet, the animals and plants that live between the constant motion of the high and low tides are masters of life on the edge. Many are small but mighty, having adapted...
Heatwave in the Pacific Northwest
Tampa Bay was in the national spotlight in April when the state government intentionally released 210 million gallons of nutrient-rich water from the Piney Point gypsum stack into the bay. This decision was based on the...
The Troubling Impacts of Florida’s Piney Point Pollution
Collaborative creation is a powerful experience. It’s a natural fit for learning through collective problem solving, building partnerships and trust and empowering positive impacts in all sorts of unforeseen ways. A rece...
Collaboration for a Cause
How many species of sharks can you name off the top of your head? We know the big ones like great white sharks, great hammerheads and tiger sharks. But there are hundreds of species of sharks out there, some of which are...
3 Unexpected Places to Find Sharks
Good news! The 2016 Arctic Drilling Rule—an important federal regulation designed to protect the Arctic Ocean from the potentially catastrophic impacts of exploratory oil drilling—is no longer under threat. Let’s keep th...