Africa: Sharks, Seals, Hunters, Tourists - How Wildlife-Human Interactions Matter for Conservation

Our relationships with wildlife are dynamic. They can change rapidly and unexpectedly. Read more »

Africa: A Lot of 'Recycled' Plastic Is Being Burned Overseas - and Causing Widespread Pollution Linked to Health Problems

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That's how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every… Read more »

Africa: Bottom Trawling Is Scraping Oceans of Wildlife

Bottom trawlers extract one-quarter of the world's fisheries catches by weight and raise significant ecological, economic and social concerns. Given that, you'd think there would… Read more »

Africa: Disputes Over Africa's Ocean Resources - Here's What Could Help Avoid Them

Over the last several decades, the oceans have become more crowded. Aquaculture, wind and wave energy, and oil and gas exploration are taking up more space. This growth threatens… Read more »

Africa: Sea Levels Around Africa Are Rising Faster Than the Global Average - What's Behind This Alarming Trend

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean… Read more »

Africa: Great White Sharks Grow a Whole New Kind of Tooth for Slicing Bone As They Age

A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, each slow, deliberate sweep of the powerful tail… Read more »

Africa: Global Power Struggles Over the Ocean's Finite Resources Call for Creative Diplomacy

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of jobs and the diets of billions of people. As global… Read more »

South Africa: Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves - What This Says About Ocean Health

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or… Read more »

Africa: A Landmark Treaty Could Protect the High Seas - and Spark New Conflicts

Two-thirds of the world's oceans lie beyond national borders, an unregulated expanse under growing pressure from mining, fishing and climate change. Now, a new UN treaty promises… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Is Fast Shrinking the World's Largest Inland Sea

Once a haven for flamingos, sturgeon and thousands of seals, fast-receding waters are turning the northern coast of the Caspian Sea into barren stretches of dry sand. In some… Read more »

East Africa: Baby Turtles Vanish Into the Indian Ocean for Years - Now a Model Shows Where They Might Go

All sea turtle species are threatened worldwide. They migrate long distances in the oceans - often thousands of kilometres - and so fall under multiple countries' laws and… Read more »

Africa: Our Oceans Are in Trouble - How to Move Beyond the Outrage and Start Taking Real Action

Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world's fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying enormous areas of the sea bed. Habitat loss through… Read more »

Africa: What Ancient Ice Sheets Can Tell Us About Future Sea Level Rise

When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals rather than the cliffs behind. But these cliffs hold a… Read more »

Tanzania: Coral Reefs Off the Coast Are Being Destroyed, Most Beyond Repair

If current trends continue and countries fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching on an annual basis, according… Read more »