The countries of the world agreed: Our planet needs more protection from human activity. And with the globe facing an assortment of environmental crises, they realized the plan needed to be ambitious.

U.N. Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The past 12 months brought landslide multilateral wins for ocean ...

Off the coast of Nova Scotia, the Gully—a vast underwater canyon—has become a safe haven for endangered northern bottlenose ...

The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, ...

Expanding ocean protection could return an increase in jobs, resources and services that far outweigh the costs GLAND, Switzerland – Expanding ocean protection could return an increase in jobs, ...

Four researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were awarded a collective $1 million in funding to study topics ranging from saltwater bass ...

The following is a release from three Native American tribes in Humboldt County: Three Federally recognized California Tribal Nations – Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People, and ...

Marine protected areas are parts of the ocean that are managed to protect habitat and species. Oregon State University researchers led the effort to create The MPA Guide, a tool to help people around ...

With only 21 months left in his current term, President Biden’s ocean conservation accomplishments still fall far short of his rhetoric and promises. Although his Jan. 27, 2021, Executive Order ...

If you put them together, there’s only one ocean on planet Earth. The future of that ocean will be determined at a series of upcoming policy meetings, say leaders from the United Nations Environment ...

Four researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography earned state grants to study how climate change is shifting conditions on the Pacific Coast, from crumbling cliffs to vibrant tide pools.

World governments and other leadership bodies are taking vital steps to protect the ocean but more progress is urgently needed, scientists reported today at the Our Ocean Conference. World governments ...