The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Transforming Into a Wildlife Hotspot — And That's a Problem

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so packed with long-lasting plastic that dozens of coastal species are living, breeding and spreading on it — forming a new 'neopelagic' ecosystem that could ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Five Indo-Pacific Coral Species Receive Critical Habitat Protections

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...
E&E

NOAA designates critical habitat for Indo-Pacific coral species

The designations come 11 years after the five imperiled species were placed on the Endangered Species List. NOAA has placed new environmental restrictions on more than 58,000 acres of ocean bottom in ...

Which Ocean Is Known as the Silent Ocean?

The Pacific Ocean is both the largest and the deepest ocean on Earth. Know why the Pacific Ocean is called the Silent Ocean, ...