A new study finds ocean cycles disrupt synchronized global drought, reducing the risk of simultaneous crop failures worldwide.

The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are shifting. These changes now implicate the international framework for governing ...

As humanity works to curtail threats to life posed by climate change, degraded ecosystems and pollution, faith communities are sounding the alarm not to overlook the original source of life that ...

When my late husband, Peter Benchley, and I celebrated our 40th anniversary, I had one wish: to go cage diving with great white sharks. After decades of ocean expeditions together, I’d often been the ...

A proposal from the federal government to industrialize the ocean along the Central Coast and Humboldt coastline with hundreds of 700-foot-tall, floating wind turbines would set a precedent that ocean ...

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The high seas, the vast waters beyond any one country’s jurisdiction, cover nearly half the planet. On Friday, a hard-fought global treaty to protect the “cornucopia of biodiversity” living there ...

Walking my dog on coastal beaches will never be the same since I learned about their precarious ecosystems. Beneath their sands lies a hidden world of microbial life that is critical in protecting the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Ocean Conservancy estimates that close to 200 million metrics tons of plastic are circulating in our ocean, with an estimated additional 11 million metrics tons added each year—equivalent to more than ...