Join an interdisciplinary team of scientists and storytellers for an immersive, live-produced journey into the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument as we celebrate the 10th…

LIVE from an Extraordinary Ocean Wilderness | Northeast Canyons and SeamountsFew people will ever visit the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National M...

​We should be spending America's 250th anniversary lifting up our shared natural and cultural heritage. Instead, the Trump administration is spending this consequential year by selling out nature on…

Debilitar las áreas marinas protegidas pone en riesgo las economías y comunidades costeras

The Trump administration is advancing deep-sea mining in U.S. waters near the Pacific territories and Alaska, a process Indigenous leaders have identified as “resource colonialism” due to its…

In an unusual occurrence, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team spotted endangered blue whales during aerial surveys two days in a row and more than 170 miles apart.

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument could be opened up to commercial fishing

I've been to the Mariana Trench. The choice is clear: Protect one of earth's last frontiers or destroy it before we even understand what we're losing.

The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling the area it hopes to mine.

The Trump administration argues that opening America’s seafloor to deep-sea mining is essential for strengthening our economy and securing our energy

The Trump administration is working to open some of America’s protected natural treasures to industrial fishing and oil drilling, writes Lauren Wenzel.

Celebrate National Marine Sanctuary Day by supporting our sanctuaries.

It’s a sanctuary and a global model of ocean protection grounded in Native Hawaiian leadership.

🐟 Action #1: Sign the national petition to protect our marine monuments from industrial fishing!

🐟 Action #1: Sign the national petition to protect our marine monuments from industrial fishing!

This map highlights the geographic reach of NOAA’s facilities, programs, and partnerships across the United States as of January 2025.

Two summertime surveys spotlight the dynamic marine environment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C.

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