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data-table-of-contents-link>Progress</a> </li> <li class="c-table-of-contents__menu-item"> <a class="c-table-of-contents__menu-link" href="#impact" data-table-of-contents-link>More Ways to Make an Impact</a> </li> <li class="c-table-of-contents__menu-item"> <a class="c-table-of-contents__menu-link" href="#news" data-table-of-contents-link>Latest News & Resources</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="c-table-of-contents__section u-clearfix" id="overview" data-table-of-contents-section> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg"> <h2>Overview</h2> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg u-clearfix" data-wysiwyg> <p dir="ltr"><span>Covering more than 70 percent of the planet, our ocean helps govern the weather, clean the air, feed the world, and provide a living for millions. It is also a powerhouse for climate change mitigation, absorbing about one-quarter of the carbon we emit. But our sea is not omnipotent: It’s overfished, exploited for oil and gas, choked with pollution, and dangerously acidifying as the waters heat up. NRDC is determined to turn the tide. We fight for federal and state policies and international conservation treaties that help protect climate-critical marine ecosystems and threatened species, allow fisheries to rebound, and uplift vulnerable coastal communities. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__expanded"> <div class="l-fact-grid"> <div class="c-fact" data-fact> <div class="c-fact__title"><p>26%</p></div> <div class="c-fact__content" data-fact-show><p dir="ltr">The percentage of U.S. ocean areas—<span>largely in the western Pacific Ocean and around northwestern Hawai‘i—</span>that are highly and fully protected. <span>However, most highly vulnerable areas off the continental U.S. coasts are unprotected.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="c-fact" data-fact> <div class="c-fact__title"><p>33%</p></div> <div class="c-fact__content" data-fact-show><p dir="ltr">The percentage of popular commercial species that are overfished globally. A<span>nother 60 percent are fished at the </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/stories/high-seas-few-rules-fewer-sheriffs"><span>maximum sustainable level</span></a><span>.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-table-of-contents__section u-clearfix" id="solutions" data-table-of-contents-section> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg"> <h2>Solutions</h2> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg u-clearfix" data-wysiwyg> <p dir="ltr"><span>It will take nothing short of a highly ambitious global effort to restore fragile marine resources suffering from climate change and decades of chronic overfishing, pollution, and habitat destruction. But we know change is possible because we are making it happen. Here are our current priorities:</span></p> <h5 dir="ltr">Promote sustainable, safe, and climate-smart fisheries</h5> <p dir="ltr"><span>Through our participation in international treaty negotiations and in other policy-focused arenas, we’re working to ban destructive fishing practices and improve stewardship of the ocean. This includes ensuring that seafood-exporting nations worldwide adopt regulations to reduce entanglements of whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals in fishing gear to maintain access to the U.S. market. We’re also focused on strengthening the current—and antiquated—legal regime governing fishing and other human activities on the high seas, and rooting out the human rights abuses and destructive illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing practices that riddle the global seafood trade. This includes convening officials, scientists, and stakeholders in </span><a href="http://www.nrdc.cn/news/newsinfo?id=876&cook=1"><span>China</span></a><span> to help increase traceability of catch. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--iframe"> <div class="c-figure__media"> <lite-youtube videoid="zRXNFcS6rHw" playlabel="Exploring Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/oembed_thumbnails/2023-12/A4BkwImWkkI2G3ppRdNDa05mvESiJluCB7SzLRPe1Bo.jpg.webp?h=144d094f&itok=xt1EK-MF');"> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=zRXNFcS6rHw" class="lty-playbtn" title="Play Video"> <span class="lyt-visually-hidden">Play Video: Exploring Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument</span> </a> </lite-youtube> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg u-clearfix" data-wysiwyg> <h5 dir="ltr">Support the creation of marine protected areas</h5> <p dir="ltr"><span>NRDC is identifying strong, durable actions necessary to protect more areas across a broad array of ocean habitats—along the U.S. coastline and beyond—to successfully reach the </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/resources/why-world-must-commit-protecting-30-percent-planet-30x30"><span>30x30 goal</span></a><span> to protect and restore at least 30 percent of the world’s natural areas by 2030, and ensure that priority areas, such as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, remain well protected. We are also supporting the work of Chinese governmental agencies, research institutions, and local NGOs in strengthening the country’s network of marine protected areas through international case sharing, technical support, and policy advocacy. </span></p> <h5 dir="ltr">End offshore drilling in the United States</h5> <p dir="ltr"><span>With our ocean wildlife, coastal communities, and climate under threat from fossil fuel exploitation, NRDC opposes </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/valerie-cleland/offshore-drilling-basics-five-year-program"><span>continued oil and gas development along our coastlines</span></a><span>. Our work is particularly focused on Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, two seascapes that are treated as sacrifice zones for the country’s dirty and dangerous oil and gas addiction, even as they are experiencing some of the most profound effects of climate change.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-callout--secondary theme-dark-green c-callout"> <h3 class="c-callout__title"><p>Did You Know?</p></h3> <div class="c-callout__subtitle"> <p><span>The “high seas” </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/stories/high-seas-few-rules-fewer-sheriffs"><span>technically begin</span></a><span> when you sail beyond the waters under the control of a nation-state, about 200 miles from the coastline. Informally, the high seas, an area covering nearly half the planet, are a place of loose regulation and lax enforcement—the marine equivalent of the Wild West.</span></p> </div> <div class="c-callout__content"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--iframe"> <div class="c-figure__media"> <lite-youtube videoid="ydPvfIlbxsQ" playlabel="Our Oceans’ Last Chance: Protect the High Seas" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/oembed_thumbnails/2023-12/KdbbfycpD85pSOgJKxSdiADkD7ihKoPV9-0Gu_oeb7E.jpg.webp?h=144d094f&itok=234IfG6q');"> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ydPvfIlbxsQ" class="lty-playbtn" title="Play Video"> <span class="lyt-visually-hidden">Play Video: Our Oceans’ Last Chance: Protect the High Seas</span> </a> </lite-youtube> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg u-clearfix" data-wysiwyg> <h5 dir="ltr">Prioritize responsible offshore wind energy development</h5> <p dir="ltr"><span>We’re providing technical guidance to help develop this burgeoning renewable energy industry, which can help address climate change, reduce local and regional air and water pollution, and support thousands of well-paying jobs. While the need for this transition is becoming more urgent, we are also lobbying federal and state agencies to establish robust standards for sustainability, and seeking to ensure that all </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alison-chase/offshore-wind-done-right"><span>offshore wind in the United States</span></a><span> is developed in a way that minimizes impacts on vulnerable marine species and ecosystems.</span></p> <h5 dir="ltr">Reduce ocean noise pollution</h5> <p><span>Industrial noise in our oceans is highly disruptive to marine mammals and commercial fish stocks alike. For more than 20 years, NRDC has litigated, lobbied, and developed cutting-edge policies to reduce this far-reaching form of marine pollution. We are working across many sectors, both here and internationally: defending the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, and Arctic from the oil and gas industry’s use of </span><a href="https://youtu.be/GFPTpbSFr74"><span>seismic airguns</span></a><span>, which blast the ocean about every 10 seconds for weeks and months at a time; campaigning to protect important habitat from military sonar and explosives training; and advancing toward the global regulation of shipping noise through the International Maritime Organization.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__expanded"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--iframe"> <div class="c-figure__media"> <lite-youtube videoid="GFPTpbSFr74" playlabel="Seismic Testing Is Torturing Marine Life" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/oembed_thumbnails/2023-12/okepR7Sgo9gevsQ8LuSXRlRvwV5ksXv9DBZFr53_qQk.jpg.webp?h=144d094f&itok=Ae3Vpozo');"> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=GFPTpbSFr74" class="lty-playbtn" title="Play Video"> <span class="lyt-visually-hidden">Play Video: Seismic Testing Is Torturing Marine Life</span> </a> </lite-youtube> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg u-clearfix" data-wysiwyg> <p><a class="c-button c-button--primary" href="https://www.nrdc.org/court-battles?f%5B0%5D=court_battles_language%3Aen&f%5B1%5D=issue%3A54">SEE LEGAL FIGHTS</a>  <a class="c-button c-button--secondary" href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts?f%5B0%5D=issue%3A54">MEET OUR EXPERTS</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <blockquote class="c-pull-quote"> <p dir="ltr"><span>“To play with our families under the warm sun, beside the crashing waves. To wonder at the horizon and imagine the varied sea creatures swimming deep below the waves. Our oceans are cause for celebration, even when it may be difficult to celebrate.” </span></p> <cite class="c-pull-quote__cite"><p><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/sarah-chasis/june-8-we-celebrate-our-oceans-our-future"><span>Sarah Chasis</span></a><span>, senior strategist, ocean division, Nature Program</span></p></cite> </blockquote> </div> <div class="l-page__expanded"> <figure class="c-figure"> <div class="c-figure__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_25/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.webp?h=c3635fa2&itok=YOfVgI9W 288w, /sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_50/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.webp?h=c3635fa2&itok=TQg28-Q- 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_75/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.webp?h=c3635fa2&itok=42962UpF 864w, /sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_100/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.webp?h=c3635fa2&itok=DfmlXNDX 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_150/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.webp?h=c3635fa2&itok=JwT8omHl 1728w, /sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_200/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.webp?h=c3635fa2&itok=lxEFasxD 2304w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem) * 3 / 4), 1152px), (min-width: 808px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem) * 3 / 4), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="864" height="648" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_4x3_100/public/2023-02/gray-whale-breaching-mexico-2455.jpg.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=DfmlXNDX" alt="A gray whale breaching, seen on a whale watching excursion during an NRDC trip to Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California, Mexico" /> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><div class="c-figure__caption-text"><p><span>NRDC helped lead the fight to keep industrial development out of Mexico’s pristine San Ignacio Lagoon, home to Pacific gray whales.</span></p></div><div class="c-figure__caption-credit"> <span class="u-visually-hidden">Credit: </span><p>Heidi Zumbrun for NRDC</p></div></figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="c-table-of-contents__section u-clearfix" id="progress" data-table-of-contents-section> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg"> <h2>Progress</h2> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__main"> <div class="c-wysiwyg u-clearfix" data-wysiwyg> <ul> <li dir="ltr"><span>The culmination of more than a decade of negotiations, in 2023, a significant majority of nations at long last agreed on language for a </span><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134157"><span>historic United Nations treaty</span></a><span> to preserve biodiversity throughout the high seas. NRDC’s Oceans team persevered through five failed attempts by the U.N. to reach an accord before arriving at this agreement, which lays the legal groundwork for the establishment of large-scale, fully and highly protected marine protected areas and provides tools to protect ocean ecosystems and improve the management of industrial activities such as high seas fishing, shipping, seabed mining, and other damaging activities</span></li> <li dir="ltr"><span>Each year, </span><a href="https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/deadline-today-will-nations-lose-access-to-us-seafood-market-2021-11-30/email_view/"><span>more than 650,000 whales</span></a><span>, dolphins, and other marine mammals are caught and killed in fishing gear around the world. But under a recent U.S. regulation, fishing operators that export fish to the United States are required to meet the same marine mammal protection standards—such as fisheries closures, gear modifications, and tracking requirements—that are applied to U.S. fisheries. </span></li> <li dir="ltr"><span>In 2022, in a major step for global shark conservation, the parties to </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/zak-smith/nrdccites"><span>CITES</span></a><span> (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), increased protections for more than 50 species of requiem sharks and 6 more species of hammerhead sharks by listing them on Appendix II, so that trade in those species will now be regulated throughout the ocean. The global trade in shark fins has devasted shark populations around the world.</span></li> <li dir="ltr"><span>In 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally issued strong, durable, and </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/taryn-kiekow-heimer/epic-victory-bristol-bay-epa-kills-pebble-mine"><span>comprehensive protections</span></a><span> that will definitively safeguard the headwaters of Bristol Bay from the development of the Pebble Mine. </span><a href="https://www.nrdc.org/stories/alaska-natives-lead-unified-resistance-pebble-mine"><span>Opposition to the project</span></a><span>—which would put the region’s world-class wild salmon fishery and Indigenous People’s ways of life at risk—is supported by 80 percent of Bristol Bay's population. 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4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-11/court-of-appeals-washington-dc-BK450E.jpg.jpg?h=44b879e5&itok=EZpIyPoz" alt="Steps leading up to the exterior of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals" /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/stories/we-are-here-make-difference-our-litigators-ready"><h3 class="c-card__title">We Are Here to Make a Difference: Our Litigators Are at the Ready </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-11-27T12:00:00Z">November 27, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">NRDC in Action</span><span class="c-card__detail">United States</span><span class="c-card__detail">Jenny Shalant</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> NRDC’s attorneys will continue our time-tested tactics to defend public health and the environment from future federal attacks. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="74151" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-11/tidepool.jpg.webp?h=85b815ed&itok=u_-CcFCf 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-11/tidepool.jpg.webp?h=85b815ed&itok=46kQ4dqU 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-11/tidepool.jpg.webp?h=85b815ed&itok=67rCBtVs 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-11/tidepool.jpg.webp?h=85b815ed&itok=ivUZpylB 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-11/tidepool.jpg.webp?h=85b815ed&itok=HDVgAGVR 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-11/tidepool.jpg.webp?h=85b815ed&itok=RPjPfLn8 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 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4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-11/-4436.jpg.jpg?h=44b879e5&itok=R63IoBg3" alt="A wide angle view of two boats of Indigenous Inuit hunters breaking through Arctic sea ice near floating icebergs, the sun shining low on the horizon and reflecting off the ice field and water in the foreground." /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/stories/how-melting-ice-affects-people-and-planet"><h3 class="c-card__title">How Melting Ice Affects People and the Planet </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-11-05T12:00:00Z">November 5, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Explainer</span><span class="c-card__detail">International</span><span class="c-card__detail">Susan Cosier</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> Across the world, thawing landscapes, seascapes, and freshwater reserves are reshaping environments and lives for the communities that rely on them. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="74061" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.webp?h=9e499333&itok=12ejhwbX 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.webp?h=9e499333&itok=bB9KbXS2 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.webp?h=9e499333&itok=zrRtZ7l0 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.webp?h=9e499333&itok=-fpFYDMG 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.webp?h=9e499333&itok=0nV6tYxI 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.webp?h=9e499333&itok=PGWJqq38 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-10/IMAGE%201.%202024%20photo.%20SEFSC-PAM-Rices-whale.png.jpg?h=9e499333&itok=-fpFYDMG" alt="An aerial view looking down at the top of a gray Rice's whale body on the surface of the blue ocean" /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/resources/save-rices-whale-gulf-mexico"><h3 class="c-card__title">Save the Rice’s Whale in the Gulf of Mexico </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-10-25T12:00:00Z">October 25, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Fact Sheet</span><span class="c-card__detail">Louisiana</span><span class="c-card__detail">Leysha Caraballo, Michael Jasny</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> Swift action is needed to prevent the first human-caused great whale extinction. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="74031" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=STsKYe4x 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=7AEPKkIR 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=vie_Yvdv 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=eqvDd34y 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=qcjLWYwG 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=yeomyFnO 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-10/nrdc-biodiversity-cop-16-24231829818261.jpg.jpg?h=4698fbe5&itok=eqvDd34y" alt="An aerial view of a booth with wooden panels with a sign that says "COP16: Cali, Colombia"; people are inside and walking around it" /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/bio/yamide-dagnet/priorities-success-biodiversity-cop"><h3 class="c-card__title">Priorities for Success at the Biodiversity COP </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-10-21T12:00:00Z">October 21, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Expert Blog</span><span class="c-card__detail">International</span><span class="c-card__detail">Yamide Dagnet, Andrew Wetzler</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> The world has a strategic plan to reverse global biodiversity loss. We must follow through by working with each other to address the critical issues and build a new relationship with nature. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="73968" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=rSIJKeSE 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=kjDODI11 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=o9JsZhfV 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=IliWesag 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=XjO7RPAZ 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.webp?h=4698fbe5&itok=4Mxc3uhE 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-10/nrdc-rices-whale-gulf-mexico-noaa-P6050852.jpg.jpg?h=4698fbe5&itok=IliWesag" alt="An aerial view of the top of a Rice's whale swimming in ocean waters" /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/stories/americas-newly-discovered-whale-already-trouble"><h3 class="c-card__title">America’s Newly Discovered Whale Is Already in Trouble </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-10-07T12:00:00Z">October 7, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Explainer</span><span class="c-card__detail">Louisiana</span><span class="c-card__detail">Jason Bittel</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> Described officially for the first time in 2021, Rice’s whale has the distinction of being one of the most endangered whales on the planet. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="73863" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=uEGVvqH0 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=EVbzyhAH 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=mV6HvgAl 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=MMjAwGmv 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=x11fUWaQ 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=GjJNM6jF 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-09/0aceab62-e03d-4391-9f29-115187b3839c.png.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=MMjAwGmv" alt="white, deep-sea coral " /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/bio/leysha-caraballo/ecosystem-services-deep-sea-corals-blake-plateau"><h3 class="c-card__title">Ecosystem Services Provided by Deep-Sea Corals on the Blake Plateau </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-09-16T12:00:00Z">September 16, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Expert Blog</span><span class="c-card__detail">United States</span><span class="c-card__detail">Leysha Caraballo, Dr. Lisa Suatoni</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> The plateau’s ancient corals help support the marine food webs of the Southeast U.S. and offshore areas in the Atlantic. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="73719" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-08/sponges.png.webp?h=8e4e20b5&itok=ad5BTwcm 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-08/sponges.png.webp?h=8e4e20b5&itok=0m7Entj8 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-08/sponges.png.webp?h=8e4e20b5&itok=DzSEIFb9 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-08/sponges.png.webp?h=8e4e20b5&itok=v6SClDMl 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-08/sponges.png.webp?h=8e4e20b5&itok=fZtljCYc 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-08/sponges.png.webp?h=8e4e20b5&itok=TxeaOijO 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-08/sponges.png.jpg?h=8e4e20b5&itok=v6SClDMl" alt="sponges and squat lobsters " /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/bio/alison-chase/polling-shows-strong-support-blake-plateau-conservation"><h3 class="c-card__title">Polling Shows Strong Support for Blake Plateau Conservation </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-08-12T12:00:00Z">August 12, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Expert Blog</span><span class="c-card__detail">East</span><span class="c-card__detail">Alison Chase</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> Recent polling in Georgia and coastal South Carolina reveals overwhelming support for action to protect key areas on the Blake Plateau. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-history-node-id="73698" class="c-card"> <div class="c-card__wrapper"> <div class="c-card__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.webp?h=44e2402b&itok=ADOCa-wf 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.webp?h=44e2402b&itok=maeKlK2f 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.webp?h=44e2402b&itok=JC9b5NCM 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.webp?h=44e2402b&itok=7W4LPve6 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.webp?h=44e2402b&itok=FaNpgL2Y 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.webp?h=44e2402b&itok=4FWaL7cw 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 1044px) min(calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), 491px), (min-width: 1024px) calc((100vw - 4.44444rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), (min-width: 1004px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 3.55556rem) / 3), (min-width: 672px) calc((100vw - 2.22222rem - 1.77778rem) / 2), calc(100vw - 2.22222rem)" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-08/waste-picker-sorting-plastic-waste-1238775787.jpg.jpg?h=44e2402b&itok=7W4LPve6" alt="A Black man throwing a large empty bottle of wall onto a pile of plastic and trash that is taller than him" /> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <a class="c-card__link" href="/stories/global-plastics-treaty-its-time-clean-our-mess"><h3 class="c-card__title">The Global Plastics Treaty: It’s Time to Clean Up Our Mess </h3></a> <div class="c-card__details"><span class="c-card__detail"><time datetime="2024-08-06T12:00:00Z">August 6, 2024</time> </span><span class="c-card__detail">Explainer</span><span class="c-card__detail">International, United States</span><span class="c-card__detail">Susan Cosier</span></div> <div class="c-card__summary"> Negotiations are underway to finally slow this endless stream of plastic waste into our environment, food, and bodies. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="carousel--2"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-page__full-bleed"> <div data-call-to-action> <div class="c-call-to-action-sticky" data-call-to-action-hide> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="c-call-to-action-sticky__content" data-call-to-action-fade> <div class="c-call-to-action-sticky__left"> <h2 class="c-call-to-action-sticky__header"><p><span>The Blake Plateau contains the world’s largest deep-sea coral reef habitat.</span></p></h2> <div class="c-call-to-action-sticky__body"> <p>Urge Congress to permanently protect the Blake Plateau's key areas before industries like oil, gas, and minerals mining could destroy them!</p> </div> </div> <div class="c-call-to-action-sticky__right"> <a class="c-button c-button--secondary" href="https://action.nrdc.org/petition/3133-blake-plateau-051524?initms=WBSSEBLAPETC30524&ms=WBSSEBLAPETC30524">Take Action</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-call-to-action" id="call-to-action"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="c-call-to-action__content" data-call-to-action-content> <div class="c-call-to-action__media"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_25/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.webp?h=42ab2369&itok=arXLWDCI 192w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_50/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.webp?h=42ab2369&itok=BXG3adm6 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_75/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.webp?h=42ab2369&itok=IkzftTLC 576w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.webp?h=42ab2369&itok=ziqiVEFb 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_150/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.webp?h=42ab2369&itok=sAZzLnMb 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_200/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.webp?h=42ab2369&itok=gecassvQ 1360w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) min(calc((100vw - 2.22222rem) / 2), 768px), 100vw" width="576" height="324" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16x9_100/public/2024-05/nrdc-blake-plateau-img3_1536.jpg.jpg?h=42ab2369&itok=ziqiVEFb" alt="White coral underwater against a nearly black background of deep sea" /> </div> <div class="c-call-to-action__main"> <h2 class="c-call-to-action__heading">Urge Congress to protect the Blake Plateau!</h2> <div class="c-call-to-action__body"> <p>Home to the world’s largest deep-sea coral reef habitat and a wide swath of ocean life, the Blake Plateau must be permanently protected before industries like oil, gas, and minerals mining can destroy it. </p> </div> <div class="c-call-to-action__button"> <a class="c-button c-button--secondary" href="https://action.nrdc.org/petition/3133-blake-plateau-051524?initms=WBSSEBLAPETC30524&ms=WBSSEBLAPETC30524">Take Action</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="l-page__full-bleed"> <section class="l-section"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="l-section__main"> <div class="l-section__content"> <div class="c-issue-explorer js-issue-explorer"> <div class="c-issue-explorer__issue js-issue-explorer__issue"> <div class="c-issue-explorer__issue-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_25/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=4Z_TJwJQ 384w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_50/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=bu5lynqN 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_75/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=p_YA3d0L 1152w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_100/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=5e-7PAan 1536w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_150/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=4x6pOTTY 2304w, /sites/default/files/styles/huge_64x25_200/public/2023-02/forest-fire-shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-KH-042-1536.jpg.webp?h=fa0714b4&itok=r7YBD-Jq 3072w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) min(calc(100vw - 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