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Oceans & Clean Water

Trump Administration Eliminates Protections for Vast Ocean Monument — Experts React

Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.

June 11, 2020

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David Shiffman

Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.

Oceans & Clean Water

The Top 10 Ocean Biodiversity Hotspots to Protect

A new study took a deep dive into critical aspects of ocean life to identify the areas of the high seas most worthy of conservation effort.

May 21, 2020

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Tara Lohan

A new study took a deep dive into critical aspects of ocean life to identify the areas of the high seas most worthy of conservation effort.

Oceans & Clean Water

New High Seas Treaty Could Be a Gamechanger for the Ocean

A historic international treaty to protect marine biodiversity is currently being negotiated, but will it be strong enough to create reserves and boost conservation efforts?

May 7, 2020

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Tara Lohan

A historic international treaty to protect marine biodiversity is currently being negotiated, but will it be strong enough to create reserves and boost conservation efforts?

Oceans & Clean Water

10 Things We’ve Learned a Decade After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

We know a lot more now about the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico and the risks of deep-water drilling, but that doesn’t mean we’re any safer.

April 17, 2020

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Tara Lohan

We know a lot more now about the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico and the risks of deep-water drilling, but that doesn’t mean we’re any safer.

Oceans & Clean Water

Will Climate Change Threaten Earth’s Other ‘Lung’?

Phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen in our atmosphere, but understanding how they respond to climate change is complicated and critically important.

April 16, 2020

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Gavin MacRae

Phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen in our atmosphere, but understanding how they respond to climate change is complicated and critically important.

Extinction Countdown

Where Pandemics Come From — and How to Stop Them

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.

March 23, 2020

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John R. Platt

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.

Wildlife

Beat the COVID-19 Blues With These Wildlife and Nature Livecams

Just because we’re all self-isolated doesn’t mean we have to isolate ourselves from nature.

March 17, 2020

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John R. Platt

Just because we’re all self-isolated doesn’t mean we have to isolate ourselves from nature.

Wildlife

The Call of the Wild: Using Sound to Help Imperiled Species and Ecosystems

Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats?

March 2, 2020

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Lorraine Boissoneault

Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats?

Oceans & Clean Water

5 Things You Should Know About the Earth’s Warming Ocean

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes for our marine ecosystems.

January 29, 2020

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Tara Lohan

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes for our marine ecosystems.

Public Lands & Protected Spaces

How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won

Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer.

January 17, 2020

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Tara Lohan

Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer.