Conserving Habitats
The Economic And Market Value Of America’s Coasts And Estuaries: What’s At Stake?
Authors: Linwood H. PendletonPublication Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The Economic And Market Value Of America’s Coasts And Estuaries: What’s At Stake examines the current state of what we know about the …
50 Ways to Save the Ocean (Inner Ocean Action Guide)
Authors: David HelvargPublication Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 The oceans, and the challenges they face, are so vast that it’s easy to feel powerless to protect them. 50 Ways to Save the …
Climate Change And Oceans
Authors: Mark J. Spalding Publication Name: Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Publication Date: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Plastic Ocean Pollution
Our Initiative supports the reengineering of chemistry towards Safe, Simple and Standardized plastic. Click here to learn about the plastic pollution problem.
Loreto
Loreto, Baja California Sur We at The Ocean Foundation have a long-standing relationship with the municipality of Loreto in Baja California Sur, Mexico. My name is Mark J. Spalding and …
Seagrass
Seagrasses are flowering plants that grow in shallow waters and are found along the coasts of every continent except for Antarctica. Seagrasses not only provide critical ecosystem services as the …
Blue Carbon
Blue carbon is the carbon dioxide captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems. This carbon is stored in the form of biomass and sediments from mangroves, tidal marshes and …
Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea Geographical Area of Collaboration (map from Annex I of the Hamilton Declaration). This map shows the known and predicted seamounts beneath the Sargasso Sea. Recent News Chung, E. “Canadian …
Seabed Mining
Seabed Mining (SBM) is a growing industrial field that involves extracting submerged minerals and deposits from the sea floor. To date, mining for sand, tin and diamonds has been generally …
Ocean Acidification
The ocean absorbs a significant portion of our carbon dioxide emissions, which is changing the chemistry of the ocean at an unprecedented rate. About one third of all emissions in …
Ocean and Climate Change
1. Introduction2. The Basics of Climate Change and the Ocean3. Coastal and Ocean Species Migration due to Climate Change4. Hypoxia (Dead Zones)5. The Effects of Warming Waters 6. Marine Biodiversity …
