Biden's Defense of Nature Protects Climate and Biodiversity
Biden's promise to protect 30% of terrestrail and marine ecosystems by 2030 is a critical part of a strategy to stop climate change, prevent species collapse an...
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New Bill Takes a Holistic Approach to Ocean-Climate Action
Is the fate of the climate tied to the fate of the waters that cover 70 percent of our planet? The evidence that it is could, well, fill an ocean. ...
California Brings Blue Leadership to COP 25
Long regarded as a leader in both climate policy and ocean conservation, California has steadily developed a comprehensive portfolio of ocean-climate action whi...
Five Ways Climate Change Is Altering Our Oceans—and Harming Us
The IPCC report on our oceans and cryosphere is out. Here’s how the latest science reflects what’s happening to America’s coastal economies and ecosystems...
Scott Pruitt on Ocean Acidification: Wrong Again
Photo by Gage Skidmore / Flickr. Creative Commons Much has been written about how Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection...
Critical Planning for Climate-Ready Fisheries
Fishing for herring in Alaska Photo credit: NOAA United States fisheries are facing increasing upheaval and stress from global change due to warming and...