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Oceans & Clean Water

Aerial view of river with tailings piles
Oceans & Clean Water

The Trinity River: Lessons in Restoration

Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around.
July 15, 2025
by
Juliet Grable
Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around.
Oceans & Clean Water

Seagrass Gardening

From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
February 18, 2025
by
Melissa Gaskill
From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
Bulldozers push sand at a beach
Oceans & Clean Water

Coastal Restoration: Shifting Sand — for Better or Worse

Taking sand from one place to save another often creates more problems — but there are ways to fix that.
September 30, 2024
by
Melissa Gaskill
Taking sand from one place to save another often creates more problems — but there are ways to fix that.
chaotic wave metaphors
Oceans & Clean Water

We’re Protecting the Ocean Wrong

There’s never been more momentum for ocean conservation, but new research finds that many efforts fail to protect endangered species — or have barely gotten off the drawing board.
July 31, 2024
by
Dr. David Shiffman
There’s never been more momentum for ocean conservation, but new research finds that many efforts fail to protect endangered species — or have barely gotten off the drawing board.
Massive pits show where sand and gravel have been mined
Oceans & Clean Water

Coastal Restoration: Saving Sand

Increasing demand for this seemingly abundant and common material harms human and natural communities — and fuels a lucrative and dangerous illegal industry.
July 15, 2024
by
Melissa Gaskill
Increasing demand for this seemingly abundant and common material harms human and natural communities — and fuels a lucrative and dangerous illegal industry.
Oceans & Clean Water

Smothered by Seaweed: Sargassum Wreaks Havoc on Caribbean Ecosystems

Its growth driven to epic levels by climate change and fertilizer runoff, sargassum puts dozens of species — and people — at risk.
May 3, 2024
by
Maria Mónica Monsalve (América Futura, El País América) and Krista Campbell (Television Jamaica)
Its growth driven to epic levels by climate change and fertilizer runoff, sargassum puts dozens of species — and people — at risk.
A volunteer in a yellow shirt places a mesh bag of oyster shells in the mud. Sea grasses and other volunteers in the background.
Oceans & Clean Water

Coastal Restoration: Recycled Shells and Millions of Larvae — A Recipe for Renewed Oyster Reefs

As oyster reefs have declined, other marine species have suffered and coastal storm damage has increased. Innovative programs are starting to help.
April 3, 2024
by
Melissa Gaskill
As oyster reefs have declined, other marine species have suffered and coastal storm damage has increased. Innovative programs are starting to help.
White coral underwater with person swimming above
Oceans & Clean Water

Marine Animals Are Feeling the Heat From Ocean Warming

Scientists warn that rising sea surface temperatures and more frequent marine heat waves will have profound effects on ocean dwellers.
January 22, 2024
by
Tara Lohan
Scientists warn that rising sea surface temperatures and more frequent marine heat waves will have profound effects on ocean dwellers.
People stand above a glass tank with metal rails on top inside looking in.
Oceans & Clean Water

Can Artificial Reefs Restore Corals and Protect Coastal Communities?

Researchers in Florida are testing an artificial reef planted with live corals.
December 20, 2023
by
Melissa Gaskill
Researchers in Florida are testing an artificial reef planted with live corals.
Aerial view of river with construction in floodplain
Oceans & Clean Water

‘Like a Dead Zone’: Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River

A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River.
December 11, 2023
by
Juliet Grable
A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River.

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