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John Kerry’s Global Ocean Conference Raises 400+ Commitments Worth $16 Billion to Protect Ocean Health
The seventh annual Our Ocean Conference concluded recently with the announcement a grand tally of 410 commitments to protect the the oceans and the...
Bigger than Texas: Huge New Marine Park Will Protect ‘Australia’s Galapagos’
Massive new marine parks will now protect and preserve the Australian oceans surrounding Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands—home to life found nowhere else...
Leaving No Molecule Behind: ‘Landfill of the Future’ Turns Farming Waste Into Soaps, Compost, and Candles
Among sparsely populated communities in Newfoundland, a landfill for the future—where every molecule is accounted for and reused—is steadily growing its portfolio of circularly...
Mesmerizing Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse is New to Science – And Named for National Flower
Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the Maldives, a mesmerizing new addition is the first-ever to be...
Iceland To Hang Up Her Harpoons For Good, Issuing No More Whaling Permits
Whales off the coast of Iceland will be left alone by the end of next year, after the nation's Fisheries Minister announced a cancelation...
Simple Green LED Lights Save Sharks and Turtles from Accidental Bycatch in Fishing Nets
Marine biologists have found that $8 green LED lights affixed to fishermen's gill nets were enough to dissuade huge amounts of sea animals like...
70 New Species Were Discovered in 2021 – Including 2 Guitarfish and a Pink Pygmy Pipehorse
From the lowland forests of Madagascar to Easter Island’s coral reefs, dozens of new flora and fauna were added to the scientific tree of...
Top 10 Wins For the Planet in 2021 – These Will Turn Anyone Into an Optimist
In 2021, green innovation continued at a pace that has typified the yet-young century, and goals and projects long pursued came to fruition.
Maintaining the...
4 Tuna Species Recovered After Decade of Fishing Quotas–With Albacore in Stores Being Truly Sustainable
Four commercially-fished tuna species are on a significant path to recovery thanks to the enforcement of regional fishing regulations over the last ten years,...
Scientists Work to Turn the Tide of Oyster and Seagrass Decline in Chesapeake Bay, Often by Hand
The Chesapeake Bay has, despite massive setbacks, continued to return to something resembling a healthy estuarine ecosystem, in no small part because of the...
Astonishing Peek Into Travels of Mammoth 17,000 Years Ago: A Diary Written in Their Tusks
An international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth, which covered enough of the Alaska landscape during its...
This Beloved Alaskan Fish has the Lowest Carbon Footprint of Any Major Protein in the World
Off the pristine waters of Alaska, there is a harvest of an almost magical fish that everyone loves, but that maybe doesn't get the...
The US Halts Old-Growth Timber Sales in World’s Largest Remaining Temperate Rainforest
The US Department of Agriculture announced this month an end to large-scale old growth timber sales in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, “returning stability and...
Fisherman Thrilled to Find Rare Melo Pearl in His Seafood Lunch – Worth up to $350,000
A crab fisherman was delighted after being surprised by a rare orange Melo pearl in his seafood lunch.
40-year-old Prasarnphon Phunwan took home a large...
Endangered Humpback Whales Gain New Protections in Pacific Ocean From the U.S
The U.S. administration has announced it will be officially protecting 116,098 square nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean as critical habitat for three populations...
Floating ‘WALL-E’ Scarecrow Stops Seabirds from Diving into Fishing Nets
To prevent seabirds from being caught in fishing nets, conservationists have developed an unusual aquatic scarecrow which the GNN staff summarily agreed looked just...
Australia Announces $100 Million Initiative to Protect Our Oceans
Australia last week committed $100 million to ocean conservation in an effort to protect ‘blue carbon’ environments and reduce emissions.
Uniquely suited to care about...
Canada Launches Satellite Technology That Identifies ‘Dark Vessels’ Illegally Catching Billions of Fish
Canada’s new Dark Vessel Detection program is using cutting-edge satellite technology to find illegal fishing vessels that attempt to hide in plain sight stealing...
Fiji’s Corals Are Bouncing Back After Being Reduced to Rubble in Historic Storm
After the most destructive cyclone in Fijian history smashed into the island four years ago, it was feared the rich coral reefs surrounding the...
One Simple Change Cut Accidental Albatross and Seabird Deaths by 98%: ‘Absolutely amazing’
An international task force of conservationists have proved that a remarkably simple method of deterring seabirds can save tens of thousands from accidental death.
A...