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The Ocean Conservancy News

• Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:14:25 +0000: What is a DAF and How Can it Support the Ocean? - Ocean Conservancy
  

  A person’s legacy is often defined by the people they’ve touched and the causes they’ve supported throughout their lives. A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) provides an opportunity to be a part of the solutions driving a healthier ocean and a thriving planet for future generations. You can create lasting impact for our ocean and those you […]

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• Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000: 40 Years of Cleaner Beaches Powered by People and Community - Ocean Conservancy
  

  Earlier this summer, my daughter and I walked along the shores of Sitka, Alaska, to pick up plastic pollution with 35 other volunteers. We scanned the beach together with a single goal: to make a place we care about cleaner and safer for people and marine life.  Partners and community members representing all facets of […]

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• Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:33:00 +0000: House Budget Proposal for NOAA Would Spell Disaster for Fisheries - Ocean Conservancy
  

  In early September, the House Committee on Appropriations passed its proposed budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as part of the larger Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies bill. The bill would be enormously damaging to our ocean, but one part of NOAA would be hit especially hard. The House bill proposes […]

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• Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000: Honoring New Orleans 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina Means Protecting NOAA - Ocean Conservancy
  

  Nayyir Ransome builds relationships between the government and the people it serves to support the ocean. As Senior Analyst with Ocean Conservancy, Nayyir sees the power of small, incremental steps that lead to big impacts for people and waterways. “I want to encourage people to start where they are. Start with your friends, your church […]

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• Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:09:47 +0000: What is the Science Behind Plastic Pollution? - Ocean Conservancy
  

  This blog was co-written with Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using trash traps to increase cleanup efforts, engage communities and inform upstream solutions.  Over the past year-plus, scientists have made significant strides […]

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The Open Channels News

• Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:24:24 +0000: Artificial light may be changing marine ecosystems - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
  Editor’s note: Artificial light at night (ALAN) – whose undesirable effects are more colloquially referred to as light pollution – has long been known to affect sea turtles. Numerous studies document that adult sea turtles avoid nesting on artificially-lit beaches and artificial lights on land draw newly-hatched sea turtles away from the ocean, leading to […]
• Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:46:42 +0000: Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
  Study shows few downsides to incorporating climate change in ocean planning Researchers map ocean areas that can protect biodiversity, help fisheries, AND provide carbon benefits Most ocean use revenues go to small number of corporations New satellites will track global carbon and methane emissions Climate change already making equator too warm for many marine species […]
• Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:54:48 +0000: The EBM Toolbox: Resources for the sustainable financing of marine protected areas - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
  An update to this Skimmer article was published in January 2022 as an OCTO blog Resources for the sustainable financing of marine protected areas.
• Fri, 11 Jun 2021 23:41:23 +0000: Perspective: Marine ecosystem-based management and wicked problems require incrementalism, not command and control - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
  By Jon Hare, NOAA Fisheries Editor’s note: Jon Hare is the Science and Research Director of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in the US. He oversees science related to NOAA Fisheries mission in the Northeast region (Maine to North Carolina) including marine fisheries, aquaculture, protected species, habitat, and ecosystem science. NOAA […]
• Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:18:58 +0000: How much did the COVID-19 pandemic quiet the oceans? - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
  Editor’s note: Anthropogenic noise in the ocean – from ships, sonar, construction, oil wells, windfarms, seismic surveys, and other activities – harms marine animals ranging from marine mammals to fish to invertebrates. Ocean noise has been documented to: Increase egg and larval mortality, cause developmental delays, slow growth rates, and increase bodily malformations Cause temporary […]

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution News

• Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:20 +0000: The Ocean Pavilion returns to international climate conference - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
  
  Leading science institutions and partners highlight ocean–forest interconnection and the ocean’s role in global climate solutions at COP30
• Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:22:15 +0000: For Our Ocean Planet: WHOI launches historic $500 million campaign to ignite ocean discovery and solutions - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
  
  Backed by global leaders and philanthropists, WHOI launches a landmark campaign to advance the science that protects the ocean, sustains communities, and secures our ocean future.
• Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:02:48 +0000: Scientists uncover a new way to forecast eruptions at mid-ocean ridges through hydrothermal vent temperatures - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
  
  A new study reveals fluctuations in temperature of fluids from hydrothermal vents indicate the effects of magmatic and tectonic processes that occur miles beneath the seafloor.
• Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:45:19 +0000: PONANT Explorations Group announces new partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
  
  Three-year collaboration to include scientific expeditions, onboard educational programming, and testing of next-generation ocean research technology
• Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:42:02 +0000: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Julie Huber awarded prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the American Geophysical Union - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
  
  WHOI’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the AGU