Conserving Habitats
PADI Travel to Mitigate Dive Travel’s Carbon Footprint with Seagrass
Travelers increasingly connect climate change with the very methods they use to explore the world. Soon a new, $20 add-on during PADI Travel’s checkout process will let divers support the Ocean Foundation’s SeaGrass …
Rebuilding for Mother Ocean…
This is a time for unity and caring for others. It is also a time to anticipate what challenges the future holds, and to plan ahead for the recovery after the pandemic.
Invest in a Healthy Coastal Ecosystem
Invest in a healthy coastal ecosystem, it will enhance human well-being. And, it will pay us back many times over.
Cleaner Air, Cleaner Ocean
The benefits to the ocean of pollution prevention are incalculable—just like our benefits from the ocean.
The Ocean Foundation and University of Havana’s Marine Research Center: 21 Years of Science, Discovery, and Friendship
This week The Ocean Foundation attended the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the University of Havana’s Centro de Investigaciones Marinas where TOF was recognized for its 21 years of collaboration with CIM on marine science in Cuba.
The Climate Strong Islands Declaration
Today, The Ocean Foundation is proud to stand with island communities on their path for self-determination, climate resilience and local solutions.
Winter Surf
I wriggle quickly into my wetsuit, cold air saps the warmth from my body. I pull on booties, lower the wetsuit bottoms over my now neoprene covered feet, add wax to my longboard, and sit to analyze the swell.
Measuring Ocean Acidification in Panama
In a world destined for climate change, if you aren’t monitoring it, you won’t know the train is coming until it hits you…
The Disruption of the Ocean by Climate Change
The ocean hums with life in an interconnected web, from the tiniest sea butterflies to the great blue whales. Each whale plays a role in the delicate ecological balance of …
Keynote at the Forum on Ocean, Seas, and Opportunities for Sustainable Development
KeynoteWednesday, 9 October 2019 Honorable Senators and distinguished guests.My name is Mark Spalding, and I am the President of The Ocean Foundation, and of the A.C. Fundación Mexicana para el Océano This is my 30th year of …
TOF calls for National Academies to Explore Redesigning Plastics
As part of The Ocean Foundation’s Redesigning Plastics Initiative, on 15 July 2019, we requested a scoping meeting from the key boards of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and …
Africa Blue Economy Forum
Every time I am invited to speak, I have the opportunity to revisit my thinking about an aspect of improving the human relationship with the ocean. Likewise, as I confer …
