MAY 18, 2022, CORVALLIS, OREGON—A sweeping new analysis of US Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) published today in Frontiers in Marine Science, co-authored by scientists from 22 institutions across 14 states, identified significant gaps in the country’s ocean protections— leaving critical marine systems ...
Drawing attention to the critical yet overlooked role oceans play in keeping the planet cool, safeguarding species, and supporting food security the leaders of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama launched a new marine protected area to be called the ...
By Carlos F. Gaymer and Alan M. Friedlander Chile has created several large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) around their offshore archipelagos. These islands have cultural and ecological connections to the broader insular Pacific and by protecting these unique ecosystems, Chile ...
You don’t have to live on the coast to be drawn to the breathtaking sights and sounds of the ocean. As essential to life on earth as it has been for millennia, the ocean covers about 70 percent of the ...