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Oceans

Bomb Fishing Is Reducing Coral Reefs to ‘Rubble’

The highly destructive practice has been documented in at least 34 countries, from Lebanon and Libya to Ecuador and Brazil.

By Johnny Sturgeon

A bomb-fished coral reef in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Credit: The Ocean Agency
At The Wetlands Institute’s Scotch Bonnet Island enhancement project, marsh vegetation is giving way to open water in areas that cannot keep pace with rising sea levels. Credit: Madeline Shaw/Inside Climate News

As Seas Rise, Scientists Race to Save Coastal Marshes From Drowning

By Madeline Shaw

A Steller sea lion rests on a rock in Alaska. Credit: NOAA

NOAA’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Protections

By Johnny Sturgeon

Marguerite the zebra shark is released into Indonesian waters. Credit: Mark Erdmann/ReShark

Sharks on a Plane

By Johnny Sturgeon

A wind turbine at Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach. Credit: Dominion Energy

What Candidates Have Planned for Virginia’s Coast Could Decide a Key Congressional Race

By Avril Silva

A man cools off during a heat wave in Rome on July 1, 2025. Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

State of the Climate: A Dimming, Overheated Planet, With Degraded Oceans

By Bob Berwyn

A variety of Hawaiian endemic fish species inhabit the reef at the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii. Credit: Andrew Gray/NOAA

Trump Promotes Commercial Fishing in Protected Pacific Marine National Monuments

By Teresa Tomassoni

Beachgoers gather at Windansea Beach in San Diego on June 20. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast?

By Madeline Shaw

Ships sit anchored in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on May 4. Credit: Amirhossein Khorgooei/AFP via Getty Images

A Fleet Idled by Conflict Is Now Spinning an ‘Ecological Roulette’ Across the World’s Ports

By Kate Waxman

Barrier islands around the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

As Trump Promotes Critical Mineral Mining, a Company Eyes the Seafloor in Coastal Virginia

By Charles Paullin

A commercial fishing boat is seen off the coast of San Diego as the sun sets on July 5, 2025. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

This Year’s El Niño Could Spell Disaster for American Fishermen

By Johnny Sturgeon

A large school of bluefin tuna swims inside a harvesting pen off the coast of Izmir, Turkey, on July 3 after being caught by fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu via Getty Images

European Fish Are Adapting to Climate Change in Unexpected Ways

By Johnny Sturgeon

Sea lions swim in the Pacific Ocean as birds fly above near Morro Bay, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

California Marine Sanctuaries Face Threats of New Trump-Backed Offshore Oil Leases

By Avril Silva

Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes?

By Kiley Price

Fish swim through a reef at the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in American Samoa. Credit: Wendy Cover/NOAA

Trump Administration Wants to Hold World’s First Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale 

By Teresa Tomassoni

A mixture of soft corals discovered more than 50 meters below the surface off West Africa’s Benin coast. Credit: Gérard Zinzindohoué/IRHOB

The Thriving Coral Reef That ‘Defeated Time’ in West Africa

By Johnny Sturgeon

On May 27, more than 700 pilot whales and other dolphins were killed in three different community-organized hunts, known as the grindadráp, in the Faroe Islands. Credit: Sea Shepherd

What Will It Take To End the Slaughter of Dolphins in the Faroe Islands?

By Teresa Tomassoni

Tanner Mansell hand-feeds a bull shark off of the coast of Jupiter, Fla. Credit: Danny Lomas

A Shark-Feeding Ban Exposes a Deeper Fight Over Florida’s Changing Seas

By Kate Waxman

A fisherman unloads Atlantic mackerel in Brest, France, on Dec. 11, 2025. Credit: Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images

Europe Opens a New Front in the Mackerel Wars

By Johnny Sturgeon

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