Oceans

Why Beaches Are Swamped With Sargassum, the Stinky Seaweed Menace

It smells like rotten eggs, releases toxic gases, endangers sea life and scuttles vacations. Scientists, startups and communities are trying to figure out what to do with it all.

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Whales in a Warming World

ICN Sunday Morning

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame

By Teresa Tomassoni

US Government Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn

By Johnny Sturgeon

Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear Surge Off U.S. West Coast During Marine Heatwaves

By Teresa Tomassoni

One in Five Fish Products Tied to Fraud

By Johnny Sturgeon

How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws

By Katie Surma

How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews

By Katie Surma

‘Toxic Colonialism’ on the Bay of Bengal

By Johnny Sturgeon

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

By Teresa Tomassoni

One-Third of Pacific Island Fish Contaminated With Microplastics

By Johnny Sturgeon

An Enormous Climate Blind Spot

ICN Sunday Morning

Peaceful Protest Against Whaling in Iceland Lands Two Activists in Court

By Teresa Tomassoni

Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change

By Johnny Sturgeon

Underwater Cameras Could Help Unlock America’s Tidal Energy Industry

By Johnny Sturgeon

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year

By Johnny Sturgeon

How Trump Derailed a NOAA Pioneer’s Move From Climate Impacts to Solutions

By Marianne Lavelle

Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida

By Teresa Tomassoni

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

By Ben Seal