A baby sea turtle on a sandy beach.

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Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.

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Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea

Plastic bottles and other marine debris cover a rocky beach in Curacao.

Tunas and Marlins Officially Classified as Threatened

An underwater photo of Southern Bluefin Tuna swimming above a fish farm net.

Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

Seafood for Thought

Neighborhood Seafood Market in Rome, Italy

Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges

This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.

Arctic Sea Ice: A New Low?

data of sea ice coverage in the Arctic

Stories of Success from a Reef Report Card

Underwater image of two fish swimming near branching and boulder corals

Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

An image from a drone of Majuro island