The ocean covers 72% of the planet and connects us all. A healthy ocean is vital for healthy people and a healthy planet. The 30 x 30 pledge to protect 30% of US oceans and land by 2030 steers us in ...
100 for the Ocean – Photographers Tell Ocean Conservation Stories to Help Save Humanity and Our Blue Planet
https://www.100fortheocean.com/ Ocean conservation photographers make emotionally powerful photographs that educate us about the magnificence as well as the dire state of ocean ...
Sun Protection 101
People often are surprised by how much stronger the sun's rays are in summer or when changing latitudes. Often they don't discover this until someone gets a bad sunburn. Use mineral sunscreen ...
Seafood Sustainability and Your Choices
The question of what seafood is “okay” to eat has become increasingly difficult to answer in recent years. Here are some of the main concerns surrounding seafood consumption that we need to consider ...
Four Ways that Climate Change Impacts the Ocean
Climate change is the most pressing ocean conservation issue of our time. Concerted global efforts are needed to reduce carbon emissions, protect critical marine habitats, and support the development ...
4 Reasons Manta Rays are Important to the Marine Ecosystem
As a keystone species protection of manta rays are essential to maintaining the health and biodiversity of the ocean. Unfortunately, manta rays are threatened due to pollution, overfishing, ...
Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
Did You Know? Plastic bags and bottles do not biodegrade and are made from petroleum. The petroleum used for making plastic for the 29 million water bottles Americans use each year requires 17 ...
Celebrate United Nations World WATER DAY
March 22nd is World Water Day. It celebrates water - a precious finite resource! The UN has set the sustainable development goal of water and sanitation for all by 2030. Today 1 in 3 people ...
The United Nations Agrees on an Ocean Biodiversity Treaty
On March 4, 2023 United Nations members agreed on a historic treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, the regions outside national boundary waters. Global cooperation has been lacking and is ...
Fisheries & Human Health
Ocean biodiversity is core to earth's natural ecosystems and functioning, and thus key to maintaining the stability of our sphere of operation as humans. We know that we want and need to protect ...