Underwater Eden: Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth January 14, 2013 By Gregory Stone Most of the world’s oceans are in serious decline. But the corals and marine life in the waters around The Phoenix Islands are thriving. How this previously little-known, remote wilderness in the Pacific became one of the highest profile…
New Micronesia Challenge Commitments Advance Ocean Protection in Pacific September 10, 2013 By Schannel Van Dijken, for Conservation International Last week I had the great pleasure and honour of attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Majuro in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It’s always a great event. Together with CI’s Greg Stone and Ginny Farmer,…
Fabien Cousteau Leads “Aquanauts” in Record-breaking Undersea Expedition June 24, 2014 By Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic Fabien Cousteau is leading a team of scientists, educators, and filmmakers this month on the longest-ever expedition in a stationary habitat beneath the sea. The project, called Mission 31, aims to build awareness about the need to protect…
Trouble and Hope in Ocean Paradise—Aquarium of the Pacific Aquacast September 28, 2015 By Aquarium of the Pacific Greg Stone recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 20, 2015. He is the executive vice president for Conservation International. Read More
2013 Ocean Health Index Shows Food Provision is an Area of Concern June 24, 2014 By Julie Cohen In the 2013 Ocean Health Index (OHI) — an annual assessment of ocean health led by Ben Halpern, a research associate at UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and professor at…
Dramatic Cage Dive Photos Show What Not to Do Around Sharks January 26, 2016 By Brian Clark Howard PHOTOS OF TOURIST DIVERS touching a fearsome great white shark have taken the Internet by storm this week, inspiring shares, likes, and questions over how to interact with wild animals. Moscow-based diver Dmitry Vasyanovich, 47, posted the pictures to Facebook, saying he…
Hope Emerges for Whale Sharks, Despite New Endangered Status August 11, 2016 By Brian Clark Howard The iconic whale shark, the largest fish in the sea, was reclassified as an endangered species earlier this month, due to recent declines in its population. The number of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) has more than halved over the last 75 years, with…
Dr. Greg Stone Set to Explore Extinct Underwater Volcanoes January 1, 2019 by The Baum Foundation Dr. Greg Stone, Conservation International’s Executive Vice President of Science and Oceans will lead a research team on September 5th on a journey 6000 feet below the ocean to study a set of seamounts, underwater volcanos. Read More