Nearly Every Shallow Reef Is Now on the Critical List

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 22 (IPS) - A fishing boat’s catch tells only part of the story of the waters around World Heritage sites. Species that escape the net, shelter inside reefs or pass through deeper channels can go unrecorded, leaving communities and conservation officials with an incomplete picture of the marine life supporting coastal livelihoods.

Learn more about a promising method for restoring bleached corals and its implications for the future. 

A coral is often a colony of tiny, genetically identical animals. New research suggests that when a bleached coral fragment comes into physical contact with a colorful, thriving clone, the pale one can revive within weeks

After pressure from some environmental groups, a bill to study industrial aquaculture projects off the U.S. coast has stalled. Opponents argued such facilities would negatively affect ocean…

Europe’s floating factories make up just one percent of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they cause the majority of environmental damage.

The 10th annual Copernicus Ocean State Report reveals alarming ocean warming and extreme events, signaling profound shifts due to the climate crisis. Are we ready to face the consequences of continued fossil fuel extraction? The time to act is now. #ClimateCrisis #OceanHealth #ActNow 🌊🔥

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 26 (Bernama-dpa) — Dozens of whale calves have washed up dead on beaches along Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula, officials said. A bacterial infection is currently considered the most likely cause, the government of Chubut province said this week. The bacterium can cause systemic disease in southern right whale calves. No evidence of a human-caused factor has been found so far. Provincial authorities are investigating the strandings in collaboration with scientists. The affected animals are southern right whales (Eubalaena australis), which migrate to the coasts of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to breed and raise their young. Large numbers gather […]

Nature Leaves No Waste A bird leaves a footprint. A turtle leaves a trail. A crab shapes the sand. Humans often leave something else behind: waste. This powerful image highlights a fundamental chall...

More than 330,000 sea turtles arrived in southern Mexico in a mass nesting phenomenon

Our relatively stable global climate is governed by an incredibly complex set of factors, all interacting with each other in dynamic and changeable ways – but there are a couple of really big, key pla...

A national overview presented by the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators noted a sharp rise in state activity: 69 bills on blue-economy topics in 13 states in 2026, with models in Washington (Maritime Blue), Maine (university-based center), Florida (statutory definition) and Hawaii (ocean cluster) offering varied policy approaches.

We've made some drastic changes to ocean ecosystems in the past century.

When the Ocean Becomes a Plastic Soup Imagine diving into the ocean—not to discover coral reefs or marine life, but to swim through a sea of plastic. That image is more than disturbing. It is a powe...

Record de chaleur des mers, montée des eaux, 1 685 espèces menacées : le baromètre Starfish 2026 dresse un bilan alarmant de la santé océanique, entre urgence...

When the Ocean Becomes a Plastic Soup Imagine diving into the ocean—not to discover coral reefs or marine life, but to swim through a sea of plastic. That image is more than disturbing. It is a powe...