This was first published in The Hill. With coronavirus cases rising in many places around the United States and health officials predicting a second wave to come, there’s no doubt that personal protective equipment (PPE) items like gloves and masks are here to stay. Globally, the numbers...
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major civil rights ruling in a case called Bostock v. Clayton County: it declared the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender people from workplace discrimination. The high court’s ruling was a huge victory...
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It’s no secret that we’re big fans of cephalopods. It’s hard not to be when the group includes one-of-a-kind species like the adorable bobtail squid, the deadly blue-ringed octopus and the mysterious vampire squid. Today, we’re celebrating another member of the impressive cephalopod clan: the striped...
When someone says “New Orleans,” what do you think of? You hear music, see celebrations, smell and taste cuisines, and think of different cultures blending to create one of the world’s greatest communities. If you’ve ever been to an event at the Morial Convention Center, or...
In early April of this year, Cyclone Harold barreled into Vanuatu and 80 other islands across the South Pacific Ocean. This Category 5 storm was one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded. 160,000 of Vanuatu’s residents felt the effects of Cyclone Harold and the U.N....
Weatherly Bates, her husband Greg and their two children, own and operate Alaska Shellfish Farms, an oyster, mussel and kelp farm near Homer, Alaska. Over the course of a 14-year venture, they’ve seen many changes on the water, and in their surrounding Alaskan landscape. Working...
Around the country and world, many of us remain in various stages of stay-at-home, but there are still plenty of opportunities to celebrate our ocean and fish this summer by learning about sustainable fisheries and taking action to help ensure there are plenty of fish...
As National Ocean Month draws to a close, we need to acknowledge the greatest environmental threat our ocean and planet face: climate change. Climate change is already wreaking havoc on our ocean. Ocean ecosystems and wildlife are struggling as waters warm and become more acidic,...
While we’ve come a long way in the past century in regards to ocean exploration, many people may not realize just how much of our ocean is still unexplored. While it certainly feels like we’ve seen a lot when it comes to the beauty and...
