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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Signs of a Recovering Harbor

A sunset over Boston Harbor.

Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures

How Hurricanes Shape Wetlands in Southern Louisiana

The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.

Coralline Algae: The Unsung Architects of Coral Reefs

Many species of pink coralline algae, which cements coral reefs together, cover a reef surface in the Southern Line Islands.

Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest

How You Can Help the Ocean

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

a bull shark in a net

An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef

Helpful Herbivores

Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.