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World Oceans Day
By Mark Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation Today, I wanted to share a little about some of TOF’s work to help the ocean and raise awareness about its role in …
Wake Up! We are talking Whales!
By Angel Braestrup, Chair of the Board of Advisors of The Ocean Foundation June 1st was Whale Day. A day to honor these magnificent creatures who roam all of the …
In Honor of Mother’s Day
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation On a recent trip to Maine, I had the opportunity to visit two exhibits at Bowdoin College’s Peary-McMillan Arctic museum. One was …
After the Storm: What Next?
By Mark J. Spalding, President The Ocean Foundation A version of this blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Ocean Views One recent weekend, I drove north from Washington with some …
Water On My Mind
By: Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, co-founder of SEE Turtles, SEEtheWILD, & LiVBLUE among other organizations. This blog originally appeared on Mission Blue. Take a stroll through your favorite bookstore. Notice that lining the shelves in the …
Catch Shares: Not the Silver Bullet They Hoped For
In pursuit of our goals to increase ocean health while protecting fishing communities, The Ocean Foundation has worked long and hard with our fellow marine conservation philanthropists to fund a …
Gray Whales Saved Off Baja California
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation This blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Oceans Views. It’s gray whale migration season on the west coast of North America. Gray …
Unabashed, Hardshell Turtle Love
By: Kama Dean, TOF Program Officer Over the past few decades, a movement has been growing; a movement to understand, recover and protect the world’s sea turtles. This past month, …
WHMSI: Being Good Neighbors to Support Migratory Animals
By: Mark J. Spalding, President I had the great good fortune to spend the early part of this week at a special meeting with our partners at the international division …
Marine Advocacy Isn’t Just For The Scientists: A Former Intern’s Perspective
By: Kate Maude For most of my childhood, I dreamt of the ocean. Growing up in a small suburb of Chicago, family trips to the coast only occurred every two …
Arctic Shipping is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
By Richard Steiner When the Malaysian freighter Selendang Ayu grounded in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands eight years ago this week, it was a tragic reminder of the growing risks of northern …
The Underwater Cultural Heritage of World War II
Each year at this time, we take time to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor that shocked the United States into the Pacific theater of World War II. Last month, …
