Stories
What do the Grand Canyon and New York City have in common?
By Caroline Coogan, Research Intern, The Ocean Foundation Each time I travel to New York I am struck – and often overwhelmed – by the towering buildings and bustling life. …
Building a Blue Print for Coastal Community Conservation
Imagine … a cadre of youth educated and dedicated to protecting and nurturing their environment and sharing that knowledge with family and friends … Imagine … a group of …
Keep Your Friends Close, And Your Anemones Closer
I grew up in Mauritius, an island off the east coast of Madagascar, with the ocean as my playground. I did not know I wanted it to also be my …
The Ocean Giveth and the Ocean Taketh Away…
By Wendy Williams The ocean giveth, and the ocean taketh away… And somehow, over the ages, it has all fit together, most of the time. But just exactly how does …
Gone Wild in Salamanca
By: Mark J. Spalding (The Ocean Foundation) and Shari Sant Plummer (Code Blue Foundation) A version of this blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean Views. We are writing after spending hectic …
The Georgia Strait Alliance: Friend of the Ocean
By Ben Scheelk, Program Associate, The Ocean Foundation Silence. The pure, unadulterated, deafening silence that makes one feel as if you are in a vacuum. That is my lasting impression …
What Do Drones Have to Do with Sea Turtles?
By Carla García Zendejas On September 15th while most Mexican’s began celebrating our Independence Day some were absorbed by another major event; the shrimping season began on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. …
Rock, Paper, Turtles: Expanding Turtle Education in El Salvador
By Brad Nahill, Director & Co-Founder of SEEtheWILD and SEE Turtles Working with Local Teachers to Expand Sea Turtle Education Programs in El Salvador Only a few hundred female hawksbills …
The Fight Against Ocean Litter
By Emily Franc, Research Associate, The Ocean Foundation Marine debris comes in many forms, from a cigarette butt to a 4,000-pound derelict fishing net. No one enjoys looking at a …
The Wind, The Sea and The Sky
You can’t avoid the ocean in San Francisco. It is what makes it such an amazing place. The ocean is there on three sides of the city—from the Pacific Ocean …
Planning for our Ocean Future
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation A version of this blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean View site. Lucky me! I spent part of August in Lisbon, Portugal …
Glowing in the Dark
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation This blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean Views Site “Radioactive Plume in the ocean” is the kind of headline that ensures …
