Climate and Culture

Ocean Life

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.

Coming of Age

Coming of Age

Coming of Age For thousands of years, humankind has told tales of the fountain of youth. Has it been swimming in the ocean all along?

The Overview Deep Ecology

Cristina Mittermeier Reflects On Her Life Underwater

Cristina Mittermeier Reflects On Her Life Underwater

Cristina Mittermeier Reflects On Her Life Underwater The ocean churns with life, from the surface we swim on to the deep underwater currents below. Photographer and conservationist Cristina Mittermeier talks about how the ocean powers life on Earth—and how urgently we must protect it.

Science & Nature Ocean Life

Ocean Conservation for La Gente

Ocean Conservation for La Gente

Ocean Conservation for La Gente For Latine Heritage Month, Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, the founder and executive director of the only marine conservation group dedicated to Latines in the U.S., shares how her community carries a special relationship to the ocean on The Frontline.

The Frontline Identity & Community

The Greenland Ice Sheet’s Terrifying Future

The Greenland Ice Sheet’s Terrifying Future

The Greenland Ice Sheet’s Terrifying Future A new study shows, for the first time, how much sea level rise the Greenland ice sheet’s melting will cause. The Frontline dives into the climate injustice the issue raises.

The Frontline Ocean Life

Learning to Surrender: The Sacred Lessons of Yemayá

Learning to Surrender: The Sacred Lessons of Yemayá

Learning to Surrender: The Sacred Lessons of Yemayá Santería practitioners Lilith Dorsey and Raven Morgaine discuss the environmental and spiritual lessons we can learn from the Queen of the Sea, Yemayá.

Ocean Life

A Cultural and Mythological History of Pearling in the Arabian Gulf

A Cultural and Mythological History of Pearling in the Arabian Gulf

A Cultural and Mythological History of Pearling in the Arabian Gulf The pearl industry is shifting into a space of preservation, diversification, and restoration with the help of local communities in order to revive the ancient traditions in pearling that define the collective cultural identity of countries in the Gulf.

Ocean Life Ethical Fashion

A Seaweed Mama’s Journey on a Vanishing Island

A Seaweed Mama’s Journey on a Vanishing Island

A Seaweed Mama’s Journey on a Vanishing Island Atmos speaks with Tanzanian farmer-artisan Hadija Nassor Mwalim on working to ensure a stable future for herself and her family in the face of Zanzibar’s rising sea levels.

Ocean Life Black Liberation

The Tide Country

The Tide Country

The Tide Country Deep in the Sundarbans, life is governed by the flow and ebb of the tides. The river delta region that spans across India and Bangladesh is famous for its vast mangrove forests that are threatened by rising sea levels and increasing temperatures. For the past seven years, photographer Swastik Pal has been captivated by the people who call this fragile ecosystem home. His ongoing project Tide Country documents this changing landscape and its impact on their way of life.

Ocean Life Photography

Designing a Plastic-Free Future

Designing a Plastic-Free Future

Designing a Plastic-Free Future As we close out plastic-free July, Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch and Suzanne Lee, founder of Biofabricate, get together to discuss what a world without plastic could look like—and what it will take to get us there.

Ocean Life

Making Waves Through Eco-Poetry

Making Waves Through Eco-Poetry

Making Waves Through Eco-Poetry Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner talks about identity, poetry, and motherhood in this special edition of The Frontline. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is here, so let’s hear from a Pacific Islander focused on protecting her homelands.

The Frontline Ocean Life

Blue whales swimming underwater

Blue whales swimming underwater

Echolocation To celebrate Earth Month, Parley for the Oceans and Atmos team up for an ongoing eco-poetry series on the connection between the environment and the human experience. In “Echolocation,” poet Sally Bliumis-Dunn reflects on the power of communication between sea species.

Ocean Life Art & Culture

Multicolor water by Michael James Fox

Multicolor water by Michael James Fox

Toxic Waters The pervasive poisoning of our world’s waters not only draws parallels to the toxicity of systemic racism; both further one another. An ocean explorer and the first Black woman to host a science series on television, Danni Washington, wants you to know that there is no remedying one without the other.

Environmental Justice Ocean Life

Sea Change: Behind Bahama’s Plastic Ban

Sea Change: Behind Bahama’s Plastic Ban

Sea Change: Behind Bahama’s Plastic Ban Kristal Ambrose is the woman behind Bahama’s ban on single-use plastics. Her work, however, is only getting started. In this edition of The Frontline, this Goldman Prize winner shares her story and where she’s focusing her energy next.

The Frontline Changemakers

Antarctica ice by Patricia Carr Morgan

Antarctica ice by Patricia Carr Morgan

How Glaciers Connect Our Past To Our Future Patricia Carr Morgan’s latest art exhibition “i love you don’t leave me” contextualizes the scope of climate change in moving ways. In an interview with Atmos, the Tucson-based artist shares what glaciers can tell us about our past and our future—and why climate change as a form of art is part of the fight (and the solution) against a warming world.

Art & Culture Ocean Life

Antarctica iceberg glacier illustration by Zaria Forman

Antarctica iceberg glacier illustration by Zaria Forman

Thin Ice With critical ice loss causing rippling effects on its rich biodiversity, Antarctica is indisputably at the frontline of climate change. Two hundred years after humankind first sighted the continent, a campaign helmed by the world’s leading explorers and experts in ocean conservation is underway to create what would be the world’s largest ocean protection act in history.

Anthropocene Democracy

Ningaloo Reef in Australia by Chris Gurney

Ningaloo Reef in Australia by Chris Gurney

The Battle Of Ningaloo Reef In 2020, areas close to the Ningaloo Reef were added to the Federal Government of Australia’s oil and gas exploration map, leaving fishers and tourism operators speechless. But Paul Gamblin of the Australian Marine Conservation Society, alongside several other environmental groups and thousands of concerned citizens, fought back—and won.

Ocean Life

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