The Siting of an Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts in Maine Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry By Annie Ropeik August 31, 2024 In this story: offshore wind, renewable energy, oceans, land use, wetlands
We're gonna live with water for the rest of our lives A poem by Erika Meitner August 29, 2024 In this story: poem, oceans
What Would Happen to Science if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Were Broken Up? Project 2025 proposes dismantling NOAA. Scientists and conservationists say the idea is “fraught with peril.” By Katherine Irving August 21, 2024 In this story: oceans
How to Whale Watch Respectfully Whale watching is less about getting that perfect view and more about learning, connection, and reciprocity By Cara Giaimo July 24, 2024 In this story: whales, oceans
North Atlantic Right Whales Are Dying at Alarming Rates Here’s what advocates and the Biden administration are doing to help save them By Marianne Messina July 22, 2024 In this story: whales, endangered species, oceans
Where Compassion and Conservation Meet Marine biologists are claiming compassionate conservation as a new ethos By Christopher Preston July 1, 2024 In this story: oceans
Accessibility Technology Ensures Everyone Gets a Day at the Beach The last decade’s advances in wheelchairs and sand mats allow people with disabilities more and better access to all the beach has to offer By Nina R. Dietz April 28, 2024 In this story: accessibility, oceans, earth day
What New Research and Indigenous Wisdom Teach Us About the Octopus—And Ourselves “Secrets of the Octopus” adds to a diverse collection of cephalopod knowledge By Christian Thorsberg April 24, 2024 In this story: film, earth day, animals, fish, oceans
Of Bait Balls and Marine Giants: The Stories Behind Some of This Year’s Best Underwater Photographs With these amazing images you’ll find a blend of conservation, discovery, and patience By Christian Thorsberg April 18, 2024 In this story: photography, oceans, earth day
How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents Amy Bower and the Accessible Oceans project can turn data into sound By Allison Braden March 30, 2024 In this story: oceans, women, marine ecosystems, accessibility