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Centuries of Abuse Have Taken a Heavy Toll Trash litters the waters of a fishing village on Bonny Island in the Niger Delta. This impoverished region of Africa was supposed to be transformed for the better by the discovery in … Continue reading →

As the planet warms, the sea rises. Coastlines flood. What will we protect? What will we abandon? How will we face the danger of rising seas? By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States … Continue reading →

Warmer Oceans Have Far-Reaching Effects A woman inspects the wreckage of her Seabrook, Texas, home after Hurricane Ike roared through in 2008. Some climate models predict that higher sea temperatures caused by global climate change will lead to more frequent … Continue reading →

BIG FISH If the goliath grouper loses its legal protection, will the 800-pounder sink or swim? Off the coast of southwest Florida, a hundred feet below the water’s surface, a whump rolls through the sea. Another whump follows, like the … Continue reading →

JAPAN HALTS WHALING Japan Halts Whaling Program in Response to International Court Ruling Japan’s program to take minke, fin, and humpback whales in the Southern Ocean is not based on sound science, says court. Japan says it will abide by … Continue reading →

LAST OF THE VIKING WHALERS In Norway a maverick way of life is ending. The Lofoten Islands in the far north of Norway have always been a world apart, a peninsula-like chain of wild, craggy shards jutting into the Norwegian … Continue reading →

Shallow-water creatures, like corals, are extremely vulnerable to carbonic acid. Scientists are calling for drastic measures to avert massive bleaching of the world’s reefs. For tens of millions of years, Earth’s oceans have maintained a relatively stable acidity level. It’s … Continue reading →

Prized for sushi, the fast and powerful Atlantic bluefin tuna
is being relentlessly overfished. One moment the undersea is featureless blue, an empty cathedral, the sun an undulating hot spot in the vault of waves overhead, its beams radiating down as … Continue reading →

Doomed by a gill net, a thresher shark in Mexico’s Gulf of California is among an estimated 40 million sharks killed yearly for their fins. They add to the devastating global fish catch: nearly 100 million tons. No more magnificent … Continue reading →

Take a breath. Now take another breath. Every second breath you take comes from the ocean. Many people take a look at the ocean, and they see water. It’s not just water, it’s alive. The largest mountain ranges on the … Continue reading →