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For marine life, human noise pollution brings ‘death by a thousand cuts’

Activists make the case that bigger is better to protect Galápagos reserve

Rare beaked whale sighting could be a world first for the species

A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaiʻi’s living coral reefs

Whale of a find: Scientists spot beaked whale believed to be a new species

Clean up efforts won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis in the world’s seas

New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries

They outlived dinosaurs, but can glass sponge reefs survive man-made warming?

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ in many global reef systems, study finds

Study: Chinese ‘dark fleets’ illegally defying sanctions by fishing in North Korean waters

‘Our life is plasticized’: New research shows microplastics in our food, water, air

Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says

Cook Islands to grant seabed mining exploration licenses within a year

Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?

Scientists agree on the need to protect 30% of the seas. But which 30%?

Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

Only ‘A-list’ of coral reefs found to sustain ecosystems, livelihoods

Decades-old mine in Bougainville exacts devastating human toll: Report

Plastic trash kills half a million hermit crabs on remote islands each year

Small steps aim to make a large ocean safer for rays

Tuna supply chains under scrutiny as Bumble Bee brand changes hands

Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands

Largest coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope

Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific

Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations

Orca grandmothers help improve survival odds of their grandkids, study finds

Protecting living corals could help defend the Great Barrier Reef from ocean acidification for decades

New regulations to expand protections for seafloor habitats, reopen fishing grounds off US West Coast

‘Fantastic grandmothers’ snorkel, help uncover large sea snake population

There’s a new fin whale subspecies in the North Pacific

The Ocean Cleanup successfully collects ocean plastic, aims to scale design

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