Science and technology are our best tools and the imperative foundation for any future ocean plan. — RESCUE is a multi-part series outlining a new plan for the ocean and a new perspective to enable a new set of actions: from the smallest to the largest solutions and inventions, to radical methods and policy changes for a sustainable future. The ocean is a planetary source of mystery. It is inexplicable, a full spectrum of color and motion perceived on the surface, imperceivable below. The history of science is essentially natural history first, exploration and observation second, analysis and explanation third — all hampered by the inaccessibility of the object…

We are beginning a multi-part series entitled RESCUE, outlining a new plan for the ocean and a new perspective to enable a new set of actions: from the smallest to the largest solutions and inventions, to radical methods and policy changes for a sustainable future. — RESCUE is a multi-part series entitled RESCUE, outlining a new plan for the ocean and a new perspective to enable a new set of actions: from the smallest to the largest solutions and inventions, to radical methods and policy changes for a sustainable future.

Criticism mounts as well-intentioned ESG (Environmental-Social-Governance) investors and companies face push-back from volatile markets, hostile politicians, questionable investments and accusations of greenwashing. — by Jack O’Connell for Maritime Executive. Published Jan 13, 2023 A recent Barron’s cover story featured a company called Tricolor and hailed it as a favorite of ESG investors. A “buy here, pay here” used car dealer catering to under-served communities in Texas and California, Tricolor was a shining example…

by John Bohorquez, PhD Biodiversity is undergoing a rapid rate of decline. Unlike a meteor from space or natural climate events that caused previous mass extinctions, we have the tools to stop a human-caused annihilation…if we act. “Decades of unsustainable fishing have left many fish stocks in serious decline. A third have collapsed altogether. Plastic pollution is a grave issue for our oceans, but industrial overfishing is far more dangerous. If we continue to harvest the seas in this way, it’s not just…

Is change possible? What will it take? — Three major initiatives, proposals and financial solutions that could change the shape of our climate future were proposed at COP 27 in Egypt last month. Each was cautiously embraced by world leaders and the status quo. There emerges a dual consensus evaluation of the outcome of COP 27, the recent global climate conference held last month in Sharm-el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort in Egypt that otherwise thrives on tourist visitation to its astonishingly beautiful coral reefs, ironically a biodiversity hot-spot increasingly vulnerable to climate change. As…

A plan to plan to plan a plan. Should we have expected more? — COP 27, the recent international meeting on climate change, has closed and issued its final press release and implementation. Reaction, from the participants and international observers, has been mixed. …

In Egypt, a dry desert land in the heart of Africa, the civilizations are clustered along the Nile, the longest river in the world. The desertification on display there offers clues to universal threats and our climate future: freshwater disruption, loss of land and wetland, urbanization, saltwater intrusion, and rising temperatures. — What is the antithesis of the ocean? The desert it would seem. I recently traveled to Egypt, purported to be the driest, least rainy, country in the world. Rain averages .1 inches a year; snow rarely falls in the mountains of the Sinai. The country is a sliver of water…

by Mia Bennett, CRYOPOLITICS An interview with Estonian President Alar Karis On the sidelines of the Arctic Circle conference, I sat down with Alar Karis, President of Estonia. …

How do we govern the ocean? — This week we are introducing a concept that advocates for a centralized Ministry for the Ocean, a voice at the highest level of government to champion for ocean policy and protection. As we look to the future, and the preeminence of the world ocean in relation to all aspects of…