Oceans & Clean Water

Improving the success of sexual reproduction is another tool for restoring the world’s coral reefs.

Experts call for action to protect vast areas of the Southern Ocean and help safeguard the shrimp-like crustaceans at the base of the food web.

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

New research shows we’ve long underestimated the environmental benefits from kelp forests. Now these important ecosystems are threatened.

An unconventional gathering helped spur ideas to speed the pace and scale of river restoration projects across the West.

To preserve habitat for fish and benefits for humans, some scientists suggest we need to explore the need for assisted migration.

Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear.

We rely on freshwater plants and animals for clean water, food, recreation and other needs. And yet they’re often overlooked in conservation.

Accumulating sediment in reservoirs is affecting how much water dams can hold back to supply water for drinking, irrigation and flood control.

Can science and tradition finally help heal the region’s peoples and bring balance to its biodiversity-rich waters and mangrove forests?