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.

Climate Change Overview

How is climate change impacting the oceans? This overview dives into everything to know.

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.

North Atlantic Right Whale

Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.

Cabo Pulmo Protected Area

a spear fisher with a speared tropical fish

Sustainable Fishing

A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.

Ocean Acidification

An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Oil Spill

Conservation Articles

King scallop in Lamlash Bay reserve

A lesson learned twice: The Story of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas

Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.

Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive

A school of mahi mahi.

From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

A woman stands holding a white tray that displays lionfish jewelry.

When Life Gives You Lionfish…

Una mujer sostiene una bandeja blanca que exhibe joyas de pez león.

Si la vida te da un pez león...

Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage

Shark Snapshot - Saving sharks with an underwater photoshoot

A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral

A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

Wandering albatross soars over the ocean

Saving Albatross Lives with Bird Scaring Lines

The Block Island wind farm is the first operational offshore wind farm in the United States. It consists of five wind turbines which powered up in December 2016 and were connected to the mainland energy grid in May 2017.

An Ocean of Energy: Bringing Offshore Wind to America

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

Interfaz de usuario de la Fish App

Hay una aplicación para eso: usando teléfonos para contribuir a una pesca sostenible

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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