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New York Times By David HelvargApril 30, 2022 The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north […]

BY DAVID HELVARG MARCH 28, 2022 The idea of ocean-based climate solutions is appealing, but the challenges are formidable. Marine Technicians Margot Buchbinder and Luis Hernandez unlock a chain-link gate at Point Molate, a natural headland on San Francisco Bay, and drive to the water’s edge along a degraded road, part of what was once a […]

David Helvarg and Jason Scorse March 2, 2022 On Monday, a day Russian rockets and artillery were falling on Ukrainian towns and cities, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change put out its most alarming report to date, warning that fossil fuel driven climate change has already “led to some irreversible impacts as natural and human systems are […]

From deep-sea mining to clashes over migrants, it’s shaping up to be a year of blue issues By David Helvarg | Jan 6 2022 The ocean is in trouble, and people know it. The last major survey on public attitudes, conducted two years ago, found 73 percent of Americans thought the ocean’s condition had worsened in the previous […]

BY JASON SCORSE, DAVID HELVARG JANUARY 4, 2022 Coastal communities, from those of Native Alaskans to condo residents in south Florida, are on the frontlines for rising sea level impacts. Our two organizations, Blue Frontier and the Center for the Blue Economy, were among the first, in 2019, to highlight how our public seas must play a central role […]