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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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Protecting Arctic habitat

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Pirates divide up the riches they plundered. Most pirates abided by their own codes of conduct, and life aboard pirate ships was more democratic than that on naval ships of the time. Watch a slide show about legendary pirates from the Golden Age of Pirates.
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Pyle's "The Sacking of Panama"

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Pirate Henry Morgan arrives with his rifle and his crew in Panama City
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Morgan in Panama City

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Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico impacts the coast at Pass a Loutre, La.
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Oil on blue gloved hand

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a close up view of the treads on a car tire
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Check the Pressure

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Phoenix, a North Atlantic right whale tracked by researchers, was spotted near New Hampshire on May 5th, 2010.
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Phoenix Sighting May 2010

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Colorful layers of a microscopic foram.
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A Colorful Foram: Globigerinoides ruber

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A snailfish, with brown and white stripes.
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A Snailfish Swimming in the Baltic Sea

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Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
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Fish Feeding in Seagrass

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In December 2003, researchers spot Phoenix off the coast of Florida with her second calf.
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Phoenix and Second Calf

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A thick stand of mangroves with tangled roots lines an island creek in Panama.
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Caribbean Mangroves

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Phoenix the right whale diving in North Atlantic.
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Right Whale Tail

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