Oceana https://oceana.org/homepage/home/ We are Protecting the World's Oceans. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:02:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/05/cropped-cropped-Oceana_Icon_2Blue_RGB-01-32x32.png Oceana https://oceana.org/homepage/home/ 32 32 A sea of climate solutions https://oceana.org/blog/a-sea-of-climate-solutions/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:02:14 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=29145 Global ocean surface temperatures hit record highs in 2023. Human-caused climate change is currently compounding El Niño, a natural weather pattern, to deal extra damage. Forecasts show that unmitigated warming could melt nearly all of the Arctic sea ice and harm half of the world’s coral reefs as soon as the 2030s. The oceans are ... Read more

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]]> Christina Ochoa: Storytelling for ocean conservation https://oceana.org/blog/christina-ochoa-storytelling-for-ocean-conservation/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28540 Growing up by the coast in Spain, Christina Ochoa often was left to her own devices. As she wandered the tide pools and beaches along the ocean, they became her “safe place.” Ochoa felt an inherent instinct to love and protect nature — but she doesn’t think her experience is unique. “Aren’t all children instinctually ... Read more

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]]> A glimpse into El Cuyo https://oceana.org/blog/a-glimpse-into-el-cuyo/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:54:40 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28867 By Georgina Aldana and Guillermo Pérez Photographs taken by members of an artisanal fishing community in El Cuyo, Mexico Click the arrows to scroll through the gallery. Until 2018, El Cuyo, Mexico, was rich in sea cucumber. The lucrative fishery brought in an influx of people from surrounding towns and villages, unusual for an artisanal ... Read more

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]]> 5 ways to give back to the oceans  https://oceana.org/blog/5-ways-to-give-back-to-the-oceans/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 20:30:04 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28468 This Giving Tuesday, join the movement to protect 30% of the Earth’s oceans by 2030  Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, but only about 8% of them are currently protected. When our oceans are well protected, they thrive – and so do the people who depend on them. Fish are abundant, biodiversity ... Read more

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]]> Oil Kills https://oceana.org/blog/oil-kills/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:45:33 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28396 Oil spills poison marine life and hurt coastal communities. And they happen more often than you think. When a massive oil tanker capsized off the Philippine island of Mindoro in February 2023, spilling over 800,000 liters (over 200,000 gallons) of oil into the sea, hardly anyone or anything — from the smallest mollusk, to seabirds, ... Read more

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]]> Ask Dr. Pauly: How does deep-sea mining affect marine life? https://oceana.org/blog/ask-dr-pauly-how-does-deep-sea-mining-affect-marine-life/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:30:11 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28207 Deep-sea fish can’t cough, which means they’re in danger  Various companies are interested in mining metals in the deep sea, such as cobalt, nickel, and the like, to be used in the batteries of electric cars and other machines as we transition to renewable energy. Exploitable concentrations of these metals occur in the deep sea ... Read more

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]]> Q&A: Janelle Chanona on the People’s Referendum of Belize  https://oceana.org/blog/qa-janelle-chanona-on-the-peoples-referendum-of-belize/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:52:46 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28135 Janelle Chanona joined Oceana as its leader in Belize in 2014. The longtime Belize news anchor and Belmopan native previously ran her own media company and produced documentaries for environmental groups. A dedicated diver, she frequents Belize’s barrier reef and is determined to ensure that the reef, which all Belizeans love and depend on, is ... Read more

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]]> Protecting Peru’s Coastline https://oceana.org/blog/protecting-perus-coastline/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:33:09 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28116 Artisanal fishers achieve a victory that will support generations to come  Armando Paiva grew up fishing in Piura, Peru, like his father and grandfather. Full of vibrant marine life and commercially important fish like anchoveta, the first five nautical miles off Peru’s coast cover a vast, biodiverse area important to artisanal fishers, who provide 80% ... Read more

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]]> CEO Note: World leaders must turn to the oceans to help prevent climate catastrophe https://oceana.org/blog/ceo-note-world-leaders-must-turn-to-the-oceans-to-help-prevent-climate-catastrophe/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:44:12 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=28144 For decades, our oceans have protected us from the worst impacts of man-made climate change by absorbing much of the heat produced by the fossil fuel industry’s relentless expansion. But the oceans can only take so much and without immediate action we will continue to see more intense and frequent weather events like hurricanes, wildfires, ... Read more

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]]> Beneath the Fjords https://oceana.org/blog/beneath-the-fjords/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:22:45 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=25302 The campaign to protect Patagonia from Chile’s salmon farming industry  A young veterinary student embarking on her thesis, Dr. Liesbeth van der Meer was faced with a decision: What type of animals did she want to work with? The way she saw it, her options were large animals like horses and cows or small animals ... Read more

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