Oceans

Global Fishing Watch, a non-profit group, is using new technology to fill in a major gap in its monitoring data.

• By Alastair Bland

We spoke with surfing sage Steve Hawk about how the new breed of artificial wave pools may reshape the soul of the sport.

• By Zachary Slobig

Without action, there will be more plastic than fish in the world's ocean by mid-century.

• By Kate Wheeling

Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let's hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.

• By David M. Perry

Mantis shrimp eyes are unlike those observed in any other animal, both mechanically and optically, leading researchers to wonder how they could spur technological advancement.

• By Paul Tullis

Lionfish are non-native invaders introduced to Florida waters 30 years ago that have since proliferated to pestilent levels and unleashed an ecological crisis that is only getting worse

• By Alastair Bland

A new study finds coral reefs are sounding less like suitable homes to baby fish.

• By Rebecca Worby

Researchers found a nearly oxygen-less dead zone the size of Florida in the Arabian Sea.

• By Rebecca Worby

As a result of rising ocean temperatures coral bleaching is becoming more common, and it's causing a biotic homogenization of local fish populations.

• By Todd Woody

The massive amounts of plastic trash in marine environments may be leading to toxic metals entering the food chain.

• By Danielle Beurteaux

A new initiative is exchanging the alleviation of national debt for government initiatives aimed at preserving marine ecosystems.

• By Ian Evans

With more than 90 percent of the world's plastic going unrecycled, garbage patches the size of Mexico are cropping up around the world. Can they ever be cleaned up?

• By Rebecca Renner

Scientists are studying the stomachs of Alaskan seabirds to discover the extent to which plastic pollution is impacting wildlife and human populations in the Aleutian Islands.

• By Yereth Rosen

On the latest episode of Pacific Standard's podcast about how our stories are made, staff writer Kate Wheeling and digital director Max Ufberg sit down with KCRW's Jonathan Bastian.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
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Due to increasing threats faced by seafood stocks, a few prominent scientists are advocating for the end of seafood consumption.

• By Erica Cirino

New research shows the extent to which our dependence on plastic is infecting, damaging, and killing coral reefs from Thailand to Australia.

• By Todd Woody

A group of researchers and students took to the Santa Barbara Channel, while the Thomas Fire raged on shore, to learn how wildfires impact oceans.

• By Ian Evans

A conversation with the man looking to turn the infamous shipwreck into a tourist destination.

• By Jessica Leber

A recent study shows that seafarers taken prisoner by pirates have disproportionately high rates of post-traumatic stress.

• By Ian Evans

And, in turn, the marine ecosystem.

• By Kate Wheeling

Warming oceans and intensifying winds are combining to speed decay of coastal ice.

• By Bob Berwyn

For decades, we've been underestimating how much food the world's oceans can provide, and how quickly those fish stocks are declining.

• By Kate Wheeling

Melting icebergs leave behind a trail of nutrients that seeds the growth of tiny, carbon-sequestering marine organisms.

• By Kate Wheeling

Such predictions could help fisheries prepare for the future.

• By Francie Diep