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Ocean Life

Ocean Life

All life once rose from the ocean, and all life still depends on it today. From melting glaciers and rising sea levels to plastic pollution and overfishing, our common origin is in danger.

Several sting-rays swim through the deep sea.

Several sting-rays swim through the deep sea.

How Coastal Communities Are Becoming the Greatest Guardians of the Sea Co-producers of David Attenborough’s latest film spearheaded a program to help ocean towns create their own national parks at sea.

Ocean Life Changemakers

A pink flower sparkles in the shadows.

A pink flower sparkles in the shadows.

Six Simple Ways to Spend More Time by the Water In an excerpt from her new book, Wonderment, writer Amber C. Snider outlines six ways to tune into the spiritual power of water.

Ocean Life Deep Ecology

Spotted jellyfish on a night dive in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. They get their colour from a symbiotic relationship with algae in their tissues.

Spotted jellyfish on a night dive in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. They get their colour from a symbiotic relationship with algae in their tissues.

Trump’s Rush to Mine Earth’s Final Frontier Metals accrued over the seafloor over millions of years. The damage caused by mining them could be irreversible.

Ocean Life Anthropocene

In Death, New Life: The Science And Symbolism of a Whale Fall

In Death, New Life: The Science And Symbolism of a Whale Fall

In Death, New Life: The Science And Symbolism of a Whale Fall When a whale dies, its body creates a new mini ecosystem on the ocean floor—a process full of biological and poetic lessons.

Deep Ecology Ocean Life

Beholding the Arctic’s Wonders—And Its Melting Future

Beholding the Arctic’s Wonders—And Its Melting Future

Beholding the Arctic’s Wonders—And Its Melting Future Thousands of years ago, the Arctic was ice-free. What can its past teach us about its future?

Science & Nature Ocean Life

Paul Watson’s Arrest Is an Insult to Freedom—and Nature

Paul Watson’s Arrest Is an Insult to Freedom—and Nature

Paul Watson’s Arrest Is an Insult to Freedom—and Nature The arrest of my colleague and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson means that, no matter what happens now, Japan has lost the whale wars.

Points of View Ocean Life

For Black Archaeologists, the Atlantic Ocean is an Ancestral Graveyard

For Black Archaeologists, the Atlantic Ocean is an Ancestral Graveyard

For Black Archaeologists, the Atlantic Ocean is an Ancestral Graveyard For Black maritime archeologists the Atlantic Ocean presents an opportunity to excavate ancestral memory and pave future possibilities.

Environmental Justice Ocean Life

Different kinds of plastic pollution are spread across the dirt ground.

Different kinds of plastic pollution are spread across the dirt ground.

Fighting Indonesia’s Plastic Pollution One River Barrier at a Time A family of sibling activists is removing discarded plastic from the rivers of one of the world’s largest plastics polluters.

Ocean Life Changemakers

Science Saved Venice From Drowning. Could It Work Anywhere Else?

Science Saved Venice From Drowning. Could It Work Anywhere Else?

Science Saved Venice From Drowning. Could It Work Anywhere Else? A system of barriers named MOSE protects Venice from floods, but with climate change gaining speed, it’s a quick fix rather than a panacea.

Ocean Life Climate Solutions

The sunlight hits the surface of a body of water, with seaweed floating on top.

The sunlight hits the surface of a body of water, with seaweed floating on top.

I’ve Been to the Year 3000. Not Much Has Changed, but They Lived Underwater. Even if fossil fuel emissions cease tomorrow, ocean heat and sea levels will continue to climb well past the next millennium.

Ocean Life Anthropocene

The Growing Threat of Oceanic Warming

The Growing Threat of Oceanic Warming

The Growing Threat of Oceanic Warming As my ancestors taught for millennia, we are charged with protecting our world for the next seven generations to come, writes Ruth H. Burns.

Ocean Life Indigeneity

What Will It Take To Save The Coral Reefs?

What Will It Take To Save The Coral Reefs?

What Will It Take To Save The Coral Reefs? Coral scientists agree that stopping climate change is the number one priority, but a battle has broken out over what more must be done.

Ocean Life Climate Solutions

A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood

A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood

A Descendant’s Call for Whale Legal Personhood A Māori conservationist takes us inside the fight to recognize whales as legal persons and ocean ambassadors to the United Nations.

Indigeneity Biodiversity

A shark shows its sharp teeth as it swims through deep waters.

A shark shows its sharp teeth as it swims through deep waters.

Jaws Just Turned 50. It Created a Monster—And a Golden Era of Shark Science. The myth of a killer shark was a debut novel’s legacy. Since then, a whole lot of curiosity has changed the story.

Ocean Life Science & Nature

Gods Among Us

Gods Among Us

Gods Among Us For centuries, humans have marveled at the mystic sanctity of whales and their oceanic hymns.

The Overview Ocean Life

An ominous shadow hovers above the sea water.

An ominous shadow hovers above the sea water.

Fossilized “Weird, Gigantic” Whale Could Be the Heaviest Animal Ever In a new study published in Nature, researchers discovered a 40-million-year-old whale species.

Biodiversity Ocean Life