A powerful milestone for our shared ocean is about to be achieved,” writes columnist. “The United Nations’ High Seas Treaty will go into effect on Jan. 17 after two ...

We need forest-like governance, financing, and enforcement to ensure its future, argues Francisco de Melo Viríssimo The ocean is central to the stability of the Earth’s climate system and to life as ...

Roughly 2 million species live in the world’s ocean. But scientists have only described a mere 10% of them. With extinctions on the rise and biodiversity threatened worldwide, many species are in ...

The scale of the bycatch slaughter is a key factor in helping build global support for BBNJ. Another hugely harmful practice ...

Health Care Providers Are Dropping a Common Anesthesia Drug That’s Also a Climate Super Pollutant Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida To Save An Endangered ...

On February 3, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management informed the National Academy of Sciences that it should terminate all work on this activity. On March 19, 2025, the Office of Naval Reserach ...

An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management ...

The Oceans Sciences DEI and Anti-Racism fund aims to promote diversity in the ocean sciences. “You’re a natural!” When a professor said this during an undergraduate geology field trip, Christina ...

A committee-supported project or activity that has been completed and for which output dissemination has begun. Its committee has been disbanded and closeout procedures are underway. An ad hoc ...