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‘Very good progress’ but nothing firm as deep-sea mining rules are hashed out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Nov 2023
A turtle over coral reefs off the coast of Australia.

Not MPAs but OECMs: Can a new designation help conserve the ocean?

Edward Carver 6 Nov 2023
Two Antarctic fur seals playing at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

Amid record melting, countries fail again to protect Antarctic waters

Francesco De Augustinis 30 Oct 2023
A green turtle swimming in the waters of New Caledonia.

New Caledonia expands strictly protected coverage of its swath of the Pacific

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Oct 2023
Coral spawning.

Climate refugees? As the sea warms, corals thrive in Japan’s cool waters

Annelise Giseburt 25 Oct 2023
A trawler Naoned in the European part of North Atlantic Ocean.

Record North Atlantic heat sees phytoplankton decline, fish shift to Arctic

Juliette Portala 12 Oct 2023

As oceans warm, marine heat waves push deep beneath the surface, study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Oct 2023
Plastics of all shapes, sizes, colors and composition enter the ocean every day, with largely unknown impacts.

Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth systems

Claire Asher 9 Oct 2023
A southern stingray swimming over the seafloor.

‘Totally unsustainable’ sand mining harms marine environments, new data suggest

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Sep 2023
Arctic sea ice.

Sensing tech used in oil pipelines can also track Arctic sea ice, study shows

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Sep 2023

Pacific alliance adopts moratorium on deep-sea mining, halting resurgent PNG project

John Cannon 6 Sep 2023
A coral reef in southern Pacific.

Hope, but no free pass, as Pacific corals show tolerance to warming oceans

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 Aug 2023
Kono village chief Chris Magalan speaks to his community members about the Solwara 1 project in New Ireland province.

Deep-sea mining project in PNG resurfaces despite community opposition

John Cannon 18 Aug 2023
Katana Ngala in a boat during a coral restoration project.

‘All will be well’: Q&A with Kenyan fisher turned coral gardener Katana Ngala

Anthony Langat 17 Aug 2023
Ali Garama, the Kuruwitu BMU chairman.

Kenyan fishers put new twists on an age-old marine conservation system

Anthony Langat 9 Aug 2023

Prickly babies: A Jamaican nursery aims to restore sea urchins felled by disease

Gladstone Taylor 3 Aug 2023
Hervé Berville, France’s state secretary for the sea.

‘The deep sea is vital to protect the ocean’: Q&A with France’s Hervé Berville

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Aug 2023

Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2023

The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted Guanabara Bay

Andrew Johnson 1 Aug 2023
Seabed ecosystem.

Deep-sea mining meetings conclude after stalemate on key agenda items

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 31 Jul 2023
Trapang Ropov community members load a concrete pillar onto a raft.

‘Mud, muck and death’: Cambodia’s plan to obstruct trawlers and revive local fishing

Matt Blomberg 27 Jul 2023
Sea fan in the deep ocean.

Deep-sea mining rules delayed two more years; mining start remains unclear

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Jul 2023

Seaweed farmers in eastern Indonesia struggle in a changing climate

Jaya Barends 23 Jul 2023

Scientists: Fishing boats compete with whales and penguins for Antarctic krill

Francesco De Augustinis 19 Jul 2023
A fish in a plastic glove.

Clean me a river: Southeast Asia chokes on Mekong plastic pollution

Juliette Portala 18 Jul 2023

Calls grow to put the brakes on deep-sea mining as countries discuss rules

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Jul 2023
A pod of sperm whales.

Keep it down: U.N. report lists ways to reduce ocean noise pollution

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Jul 2023
Off Saint Raphaël at a depth of 70 meters a vast underwater forest of red gorgonians (Paramuricea clavata)

New hope in the Mediterranean: Scientists find deep corals withstand heat waves

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Jun 2023
A minke whale near Svalbard.

Norway cites ‘green transition’ in move toward embracing deep-sea mining

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jun 2023

Science and culture join forces to restore 120 miles of Hawaiian reefs

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2023
A penguin.

Antarctic warming alters atmosphere, ice shelves, ocean & animals

Juliette Portala 12 Jun 2023
A purple sea cucumber.

Europe’s top science panel supports call for moratorium on deep-sea mining

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Jun 2023

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