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| Oct 5, 2026 | The overwhelming problem of plastic | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Spending more than a decade documenting the spread of plastic waste throughout the Great Lakes took a psychological toll on Melissa Duhaime.
Scary findings. Seemingly few solutions to intractable p... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Microplastics linger inside people and animals, multiple studies show. But regulation is still far off. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
As people age, cholesterol and fat gradually clog the walls of two large arteries carrying oxygen-rich blood to the brain.
Over time, depending on a person’s diet and other lifestyle choices, the c... |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Fishermen prepared for the longest red snapper season in recent memory. A court order stopped it | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, HELEN WIEFFERING and SHELBY LUM
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Miles from shore, Chris Kemp pumps and reels as he battles a fish 150 feet below. Eventually, it gives up, and the 10-p... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | What if? “Strategic Competition” vs. “Selective Cooperation” | Back to Publications
April 2025 Central Arctic Ocean Roundtable event at Tongji University. Photo: Min Pan
A prominent Western narrative portrays China as eagerly pursuing economic and strategic goals in the Arctic. U.S. Defense Department ... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Nations meet to consider regulations to drive a green transition in shipping | By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and SIBI ARASU
The world’s largest maritime nations gathered in London on Tuesday to consider adopting regulations that would move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels to slash emissions. Related Articles
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| Oct 9, 2025 | Microplastics Are in Our Blood—Why Aren’t Federal Regulators Acting? | Dr. Brad Younggren, CEO of Circulate Health
Microplastics are highly prevalent in the United States, contaminating various environmental compartments and even entering the human body. Studies have found microplastics in food, water, and air... |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials | By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press
Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissi... |
| Aug 30, 2025 | Honoring New Orleans 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina Means Protecting NOAA | Nayyir Ransome builds relationships between the government and the people it serves to support the ocean. As Senior Analyst with Ocean Conservancy, Nayyir sees the power of small, incremental steps that lead to big impacts for people and wa... |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Commentary: As negotiations on global plastics treaty stall, cleanup efforts are more vital than ever | Listen
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| Jul 30, 2025 | What is the Science Behind Plastic Pollution? | This blog was co-written with Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using trash traps to increas... |
| Jul 25, 2025 | How are Sharks Affected by Plastic Pollution? | It’s one of the best weeks of the year: Shark Week. As our finned friends get a lot of extra attention this week, I am reflecting on my love of sharks and the threats they’re facing. In fact, before I was an ocean plastics guy, I was a shar... |
| Jun 28, 2025 | U.S. Progress on Tackling Plastic Pollution | With Plastic Free July just around the corner, now is the perfect time to reflect on the progress we’ve seen across the United States in the fight against plastic pollution. While plastic pollution continues to flow into our ocean with a ga... |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Learning From Indigenous Ocean Knowledge | “Blow. Above Peninsula, by the smaller piece of floating ice.”
“Got it. Ready … mark!”
We are standing on a 25-foot block of ice a mile off the coast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, counting bowhead whales. Three of us are on duty: One is just lookin... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | How Will IMPAA Impact Shipping Trade Routes? | In recent months, U.S. trade has been at the forefront for many of us. But also, for many of us, when our packages show up at our door, we often forget the journey these items take, me included. When I began working on shipping emissions, I... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 21 April, 2025 | Back to Publications US Arctic Ambassador Position Remains Vacant
As reported by Northern Journal on April 21, the US Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs position is still vacant following the resignation of Ambassador Mike Sfraga on Jan... |
| Apr 23, 2025 | The AI Revolution: China’s Leap into the Future | China is on the brink of an industrial renaissance, fueled by artificial intelligence (AI). This technology is not just a tool; it’s a catalyst for change. The nation is harnessing AI to reshape its economy, creating new opportunities and c... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day | “Everyone who wears and launders clothing is part of this problem but everyone who wears and launders clothing can be part of the solutions,” said Rachael Z. Miller, founder of Vermont-based Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean.
Simple changes... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Meet the Weird and Wonderful Wobbegong | The Indo-Pacific region has long been renowned for its abundant and biodiverse ecosystems. The waters of this part of the world provide a particularly ideal environment for many sharks, with more than 200 of an estimated 500 known species d... |
| Feb 11, 2025 | National Politics | The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay | Plastic straws are usually thrown away after one use, going on to litter beaches and waterways and potentially killing marine animals that mistake them for food.
The straws are not recyclable because they are so small. They take at least 20... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | How Recent Executive Actions Impact Our Ocean and Climate | On the first day of his second administration, January 20, 2025, President Trump undertook a flurry of executive actions, many of which jeopardize a healthy ocean and the health of the people and wildlife that rely on it.
Presidents can dir... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Making Ornaments From Ocean Plastic in Alaska | This year, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree traveled for more than three weeks across 4,000 miles from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska for display on the Capitol’s West Lawn in Washington D.C. The 80-foot Sitka spruce, nickna... |
| Nov 23, 2024 | Crafting a Future Free of Plastics | We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle one of the biggest threats facing our ocean: plastic pollution. Next week the United Nations will host the fifth and final scheduled round of negotiations (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea, for... |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Should We Use the Ocean to Capture Carbon? | Even as world leaders convene in Azerbaijan for COP29 to chart a path forward to avoid a climate catastrophe, the fact is that the world has waited too long for emissions reduction alone to solve the climate crisis.
Climate change is here, ... |
| Nov 5, 2024 | OZONO Launches in Australia with Innovative Eco-Friendly Cleaning Technology | Revolutionizing Home and Commercial Cleaning with Aqueous Ozone Solutions that are hypoallergenic & eco-friendly
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 November 2024 – OZONO, the eco-conscious brand spearheading the movemen... |
| Oct 23, 2024 | The Highs and Lows of Black Cod | This blog was written by Michele Conrad, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. As a former state ocean policy manager, Michele represented the State of Washington on the ... |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Effects of Wave and Tidal Energy | Many renewable energy solutions like solar and wind, both onshore and offshore, have reached commercial scale and are being deployed widely across the globe. Now other new marine renewable energy technologies, such as wave and tidal energy,... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Measuring the Impact of Trash Traps | This blog was written by Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to coordinate the International Trash Trap Network with the goal to expand the use of trash-trapping technologies to incr... |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Fantastic Facts About Ribbon Worms | Our ocean is full of bizarre and fascinating animals. Some, like the gummy squirrel, resemble creatures outlandish enough for Willy Wonka’s factory. But others are strikingly similar to the critters we encounter daily. Take Nemertea, common... |
| Aug 1, 2024 | All About Arrow Crabs | Along a bustling coral reef lit by sunlight, one can find an array of amazing creatures from surgeonfish to green sea turtles. After dark, these reefs are just as vibrant and a little spooky as some of our nocturnal underwater friends come ... |
| Jul 12, 2024 | What is a Gummy Squirrel? | The name “gummy squirrel” seems more fitting for a dangerously delicious confection dreamt up by Willy Wonka, but you may be surprised to learn it is actually a sea cucumber found in the deep ocean. While its name is inspired by its resembl... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Eliminating Plastics in South Florida | This blog was co-written by Natalia De Prisco. Natalia is an 11th grade student in Doral, Florida, who participated in Plastic Free Cities during the Fall 2023 semester. She aspires to pursue a career in business, speaks four languages and ... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | The Mysterious World of Pyrosomes | “Sea pickles,” “sea worms,” “fire bodies”— these are just a few of the wacky nicknames for one of our ocean’s most mysterious creatures: pyrosomes. Pyrosomes (Family Pyrosomatidae) may look like bizarre jellyfish at first glance, but these ... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | The Problems with Liquefied Natural Gas | With more than 90% of global trade moving by ocean transport, maritime shipping is a major driver of the world economy. However, shipping has a serious pollution problem that threatens our climate, communities and the marine environment. If... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Four Animals That Live in the Dunes | Many beachgoers are familiar with the rolling, sandy landscape created by coastal dunes. But do you know about all the animals that inhabit the dunes?
Let’s review some facts about dunes and dive into some of their most famous residents.
Ne... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Florida’s Daunting 2024 Hurricane Forecast | We are officially within the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season here in the United States, and just a couple weeks ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its forecast for this year’s season. The outlook will bl... |
| May 31, 2024 | Meet the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish | Mesmerizing crowns. Gorgeous colors. Alien-like appearances beneath our ocean’s surface. There’s no doubt about it that crown-of-thorns starfish are fascinating animals. But don’t be fooled by the beautiful hues and interesting spikes … too... |
| May 29, 2024 | What is a Stargazer? | The ocean is full of beautiful fish—the stargazer simply isn’t one of them.
However, sometimes it’s the weird, wonderful, wacky fish that are the coolest, and the stargazer is no exception. Their wide, bugging eyes and perpetual frown will ... |
| May 24, 2024 | Get Loud for Trumpetfish | Did you know that scientists estimate there are trillions of fish alive in our ocean today? About 20,000 marine fish species are currently known to science, and sometimes it can be hard to tell them apart. Some fish, however, are so unique ... |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Banning Five Key Products Essential For Waste-Free Beaches, Study Finds | Coastal pollution: plastic bottles on a beach of Boulogne-sur-Mer. (Photo by: Jarry /Andia/Universal ... [+] Images Group via Getty Images)Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Jun 26, 2023 | What is watermelon snow? Phenomenon turns snow in Utah pink | Patches of snow in Utah's mountains have turned pink. And while the so-called "watermelon snow" spotted on Tony Grove Lake may look pretty, it could indicate bad news for the environment.
Chlamydomonas nivalis, the scientific name... |
| May 28, 2023 | Video may show an octopus waking up from a nightmare, scientists believe | An octopus in the Mediterranean Sea. Kurt AMSLER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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A video shows an octopus appearing to wake up from sleep in distress.
The behaviour looked similar to waking up from a nightmare, scientists said.
The ... |
| May 3, 2023 | SeaPak and Morey’s Host Second Annual Coastal Cleanup During Earth Month | Being good environmental stewards is critically important to all of us at SeaPak and Morey’s.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (PRWEB) May 03, 2023
To give back to the community and promote environmental health during Earth Month, employees from SeaP... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | ‘The resiliency is terrific’: Why water bottle sales are on fire | “Outdoor is big, experiences are big. Osprey (backpack gear) is doing well as a result, same story. And then the category itself is just up,” Minneberg said during the earnings call. “So, if the category is up and we’re up more, that’s wher... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Stellar MLS Secures Title Sponsorship for the 2022 Florida REALTORS® Clean Up Florida Waters Program | ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (PRWEB) July 01, 2022
Florida REALTORS®, in partnership with Stellar MLS, is kicking off this year’s Clean Up Florida Waters program. The environmental initiative invites REALTORS® and residents to come together and ... |
| Jun 17, 2022 | SeaPak Hosts a Beach Cleanup in Support of National Ocean Month | At SeaPak, environmental stewardship is a priority, which is why our partnership with Ocean Conservancy and this event in support of National Ocean Month are so meaningful.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (PRWEB) June 17, 2022
SeaPak Shrimp & Se... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Purpose At Work: How Hydro Flask Is Raising The High-Water Mark For Environmental And Social Responsibility | Purpose at Work: How Hydro Flask Is Raising the High-Water Mark for Environmental & Social ... [+] Responsibility Photo Provided by Hydro Flask |
| Oct 18, 2021 | These Sunglasses Are Untangling Marine Life | These sunglasses are made from recycled fishing nets. Costa Del Mar |
| Oct 12, 2021 | UN Photography Exhibit and Global Report Puts Plastic Waste Under Spotlight | 1
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A new United Nations photography exhibit has showcased the forever nature of plastic, amid staggering new scientific findings on the severity of the world’s waste crisis. While image after image of the exhibit confront... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | Thousands of dead fish have washed up on Florida’s beaches – and officials say to expect even more unless a state of emergency is declared | Red tide is a toxic algae bloom that can occur naturally or be accelerated by pollutants in the water. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images
Counties across Florida have been cleaning up hundreds of tons of dead fish.
Clumps of rottin... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | A Sustainable Partnership: Philadelphia Eagles And The Ocean Conservancy Score A Win-Win For The Planet | Seagrass and mangrove restoration in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico The Ocean Foundation |
| May 24, 2021 | FEDEX CORPORATION
FedEx : Awards $600,000 to 12 Nonprofits Dedicated to Addressing Climate Challenges | FedEx Awards $600,000 to 12 Nonprofits Dedicated to Addressing Climate Challenges
$50,000 grants distributed across six regions worldwide to organizations advancing sustainable solutions
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| May 22, 2021 | The hunt for the next Bali: Inside Indonesia’s plan to save its tourism industry by minting 5 new hubs for international travelers | The Tegallalang Rice Terraces in Ubud, Bali. Yinwei Liu / Getty Images
Ah, Bali.
Land of holy temples, age-old traditions, beaches and jungles – and hordes of influencers in flowing white clothing.
The vacation hotspot is one of 17,000 isla... |
| May 10, 2021 | FedEx Philippines Joins The Plastic Flamingo To Transform Its Waste & Tackle Marine Pollution In The Region | 39 1
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Shipping service FedEx Philippines recently announced that it is partnering with social enterprise The Plastic Flamingo to ethically dispose of its plastic waste, tackle marine plastic pollution and support a circ... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Creating Zero Waste In Your Company And Community | Founder of LastObject, creating reusable alternatives to single use items. |
| Nov 18, 2020 | UN Shipping Regulator Breaks Climate Pledge. What Next For Global Shipping? | 15 Nov: Climate Change activists with Ocean Rebellion set fire to a 'Viking Ship' outside the ... [+] International Maritime Organization HQ, a day before the virtual meeting of its Marine Environment Protection Committee.In Pictures via Ge... |
| Nov 1, 2020 | What Would A ‘Divest Global Shipping’ Campaign Look Like To Save Our Ocean? | The successful global campaign on divestment from companies that support the fossil fuel industry. ... [+] Seen here, Davao, Philippines, Global Week of Action on Divestment. Photo: 350.org Philippines |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Turning Ocean Plastic Into New Gear | Have a nice day. Barcroft Media via Getty Images |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Calls For Global Shipping To Ditch Fossil Fuels And Meet Climate Goals | Environmental activists in major US cities during global climate action week on 23 Sep 2019. World ... [+] leaders have convened virtually this year for UN meetings to avert the planet's "climate emergency." AFP via Getty Images |
| Aug 31, 2020 | 47 Whales Now Confirmed Dead In Mauritius Amid International Condemnation Of Global Shipping | Large demonstration outside the Mauritius Prime Minister's Office in Port Louis, on August 29, 2020, ... [+] in protest at the environmental fallout from the Wakashio oil spill earlier this month.AFP via Getty Images |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Asian Development Bank Calls For Sustainable “Blue Economy” To Save Our Oceans | 1
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called on Asia to begin focusing on building a new sustainable “blue economy”. The region’s development bank says that in order to preserve livelihoods and the planet, the continent... |
| May 15, 2020 | How To Make Your Homemade Facemask More Effective At Reducing Transmission Of Coronavirus | MILAN, ITALY - MAY 15: Annapaola Martin poses with handmade face masks that she made on May 15, 2020 ... [+] in Milan, Italy. In Italy the use of masks is mandatory for access to any public place. Italy was the first country to impose a nat... |
| Apr 27, 2020 | Ocean Plastic Was Choking Chile’s Shores. Now It’s In Patagonia’s Hats | 52 3
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A startup is recycling tonnes of discarded fishing nets throughout Chile. Is this a template for tackling the global plastic waste problem?
In Tumbes, a village in southern Chile, discarded plas... |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Circulate Capital Launches US$106M Ocean Fund To Fight Asia Plastic Pollution | 26 1
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A US$ 106 million Singapore-based venture fund, The Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) has just been launched by Circulate Capital to become the world’s first investment fund dedicated to address the plastic cris... |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Ocean 2019 – Where We Stand One Year Later On Driving Investment At Scale | As Secretary John Kerry so eloquently said last week at the 2019 Our Ocean Conference in Oslo, Norway, the power to change the course of ocean pollution is in our hands. |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Conservancy Sought Beautiful Ocean Photos, Received Many Of Creatures Entangled in 'Ghost Gear' | A submission called "Hung Out to Dry." Morgan Bennett-Smith/Ocean Conservancy |
| May 28, 2019 | Why The Balloon Release Tradition Is Terrible For The Environment | The Indianapolis Motor Speedway continued its tradition of releasing balloons before the start of the Indianapolis 500 this past weekend. The tradition at the storied race dates back to the 1940s. Balloon releases are also local traditions ... |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Clean Swell App Contributes To World's Largest Marine Debris Database | The Clean Swell app is used during a 2017 Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup at Kingman... [+] Island. Ocean Conservancy/Joy Asico |
| Mar 18, 2019 | A whale washed up dead with almost 40 kilograms worth of trash in its stomach | Staff at D' Bone Collector Museum Inc. in Davao, Philippines, examine the contents of a dead whale's stomach.
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A curvier's beaked whale washed up dead in the Philippines this weekend, with 40 kg of plastic waste... |
| Aug 6, 2018 | A 24-year-old is going ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Some experts are worried. | Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system.
There's a mind-boggling amount of trash in the world's oceans, with much of it collected in five regions known as gyres.
On September 8, a group called The Ocean Cleanup plan... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | 4 ways your company benefits from giving back | This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com.
By Coppy Holzman, Entrepreneur
Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop
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| Feb 24, 2011 | Disposables Debate: Can Recycling, Materials Innovation Make Plastic Bag Bans Obsolete? | Single-use plastic grocery bags, and the various fees, taxes and bans proposed to curb pollution from their disposal, are causing controversy again this week.
A newly surfaced study, still under peer review, suggests that disposable bags ar... |
| Dec 29, 2009 | New Year's resolutions for your marketing department | As if learning French, adopting a greyhound and losing 15 lbs. and wasn’t enough, why not pile on some work-related New Year’s Resolutions? Here are a few ideas to get you started:
1. Commit to communicating daily! Whether you’re posting to... |
| Apr 21, 2009 | New Web site tackles sustainable seafood | Ocean Conservancy this week launched a Web site, From Fishery to Fork, an online platform devoted to educating and promoting long-term fishery sustainability. The site highlights opportunities for all stakeholders, from consumers and fisher... |
| ‘Forever chemicals’ in microplastics spark over $250B a year health crisis: study | More On: plastic
Microplastics found in nearly 90% of meat, plant-based alternatives: ‘There’s no escaping them’ Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought: study Chemicals that may cause cancer, inferti... |
| Hoffmaster Group, Inc.® Acquires Aardvark® Straws | Wellspring Capital Management LLC (“Wellspring”) today announced that its portfolio company Hoffmaster Group, Inc.® has acquired Aardvark® Straws, the sole U.S. producer of paper straws.
Aardvark, owned by Precision Products Group, Inc. (P... |
| Fighting our plastic problem: Bans and recycling mandates gain steam in the US and abroad | Workers removed garbage from Brazil's Negro River in June following rains that raised water levels. Some governments are implementing laws tackling plastic pollution. Edmar Barros/Associated Press
A few states and some countries are passing... |
| Pandemic litter, disposable masks now found along Hawaii shorelines | COURTESY 808 CLEANUPS
A fabric face mask recently recovered from the Waikiki reef by 808 Cleanups volunteer Kelly Quin.
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Volunteers from 808 Cleanups recently picked up dozens of face masks during a cleanup at Halona Bl... |
