The CO2 we emit to the atmosphere also affects the world's oceans

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to ratify the treaty, warning that fishing, plastic pollution and rising sea temperatures were destroying ocean ecosystems.

A groundbreaking program to rescue endangered white abalone at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab is now at risk, as proposed federal budget cuts threaten to end the funding that made the species’ comebac...

Hill, Tessa; Simons, Eric. At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans. : Columbia University Press, 2024. ix + 268 pp. $32.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780231199704. Reviewed by Aimee Mook (Nat...

Winner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe world’s oceans are changing at a drastic pace. Beneath the waves and along the coasts, climate change and... | CUP

Alt: the sun is setting over the ocean and waves are crashing on the beach

Beneath the waves and along the coasts of the world’s oceans, climate change and environmental degradation have spurred the most radical transformations in human history. In At Every Depth, the oceano...

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While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely visible to the naked eye. Called microplastics — chunks less than 5 millime...

The president used a federal law to ban future oil and gas drilling in parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico.

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By sheer numbers, we could probably justify making Bay Nature a wholly coyote-themed publication.

This year brought essential reading on climate change, endangered species, ecology, environmental justice, and other important topics about protecting the planet.

With mining applications on the horizon, the International Seabed Authority’s crucial Mining Code is still far from finished.

What was one of the world's greatest undiscovered shipwrecks is identified on the Antarctic seafloor.

Sandy beaches are beloved recreational settings, and they are also one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems. Up to 70% of California’s beaches may disappear by the end of this century

Celebrate National Marine Sanctuary Day by supporting our sanctuaries.

While we cannot stop global warming overnight, or even over the next several decades, we can slow the rate and limit the amount of global warming by reducing human emissions of heat-trapping gases and...