Stories
#SaveOurOcean
The UN SDG14 Ocean Conference: the first UN conference of its kind on the ocean. June 8 is World Oceans Day, as designated by the United Nations, and we like …
Ocean Secrets
The ocean has a secret. I am very lucky to work in the field of ocean health. I grew up in a coastal English village, and spent a lot of …
Wise Voyage Logs: Part II
The following are daily logs written by Dr. John Wise. Along with his team, Dr. Wise traveled in and around the Gulf of California in search of whales. Dr. Wise runs The …
Wise Voyage Logs: Part I
The following are daily logs written by Dr. John Wise. Along with his team, Dr. Wise traveled in and around the Gulf of California in search of whales. Dr. Wise runs The …
Monitoring the Aftermath:
Seven years ago, we mourned the deaths of the 11 who died in the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and watched in growing horror as a torrent of oil poured forth from …
Sushi Dinners and Women’s Reproductive Health
In a 2016 study, 3 in 10 pregnant women had mercury levels higher than the EPA safe limit. For years, seafood has been heralded as the nation’s healthful food choice. In the 2010 …
Cuba and Puerto Rico:
As the inaugural effort of Conservación ConCiencia, a historic fishing exchange between Puerto Rican and Cuban commercial fishers, entrepreneurs and government officials was held last November 2016. Conservación ConCiencia led …
Keep Action Afloat
We know what is at stake. Over 50 square miles of estuarine biodiversity buoyed with patriotic heritage unlike anything else in the world. Mallows Bay, home to hundreds of sunken …
What Mrs. Vaughan Teaches Us (and can teach U.S.)
Perhaps you have been to see the movie Hidden Figures. Perhaps you were inspired by its depiction of three black women succeeding because of their extraordinary ability in the context …
Costa Rica BBNJ Workshop
I spent the 8th and 9th of March in Puntarenas, Costa Rica for a Central American workshop to develop capacity for foreign ministries engaged in responding to the UN General …
Saving a Special Place on the Potomac
History can only repeat itself if a structure exists to frame and support its stories. Along the Chesapeake, in the narrow Nanjemoy Peninsula, the decaying 18th Century steamships of Mallows …
