2023 Tyler Prize Winner
By Jason Leppig / On February 28th, 2023
Congratulations to Daniel Pauly, Island Press author and the newest recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement! From the Tyler Prize press release:
Ian Was a Warning to Make Flood Insurance Accessible to All
By Kyler Geoffroy / On November 30th, 2022
Understanding Disaster Insurance author Carolyn Kousky writes that by expanding access to flood insurance, we can protect more Americans and improve their financial resilience in the face of escalating climate disasters.
Congress Must Fish or Cut Bait on Marine Aquaculture
By Kyler Geoffroy / On July 5th, 2022
The Blue Revolution author Nicholas Sullivan on how leadership from the federal government could help the U.S. develop a more robust marine-aquaculture industry and create jobs in coastal communities.
Communities Must Step Back from the Coast as Sea Levels Rise
By Kyler Geoffroy / On June 7th, 2022
A New Coast author Jeffrey Peterson on how leadership from the federal government can help minimize flood damage and create a coast that our grandchildren can be proud of.
Plastic Soup Photos Illuminate Ocean Pollution
By Chidinma Onuoha / On April 23rd, 2019
Plastics have transformed every aspect of our lives. Yet the very properties that make them attractive—they are cheap to make, light, and durable—spell disaster when trash makes its way into the environment. Recent bans on single-use straws and bags have increased awareness of this issue. But, for most people, the full extent of our plastic problem is difficult to grasp.
What will be the most pressing climate change issue in the next 50 years?
By Jada Mosley / On April 16th, 2019
We turned to some of our authors to find out—What do they think will be the most pressing climate change issue in the next 50 years? Why?
#ForewordFriday: Our Plastic Crisis
By Jada Mosley / On April 12th, 2019
Plastics have transformed every aspect of our lives. Yet the very properties that make them attractive spell disaster when trash makes its way into the environment.
Eight Surprising Words that Describe Krill
By Katharine Sucher / On May 8th, 2018
As I watched, mesmerized, this mass of crustaceans became a living brick-red raft, writhing on top of the water’s surface. The water became disturbed as thousands of krill flipped their muscular tails and leaped clear of the water, falling back like a shower of pink raindrops.
#ForewordFriday: Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On February 17th, 2017
Julia Wondolleck and Steven Yaffee are hopeful about marine ecosystem-based management (EBM). Rather than lamenting the persistent conflicts in global marine ecosystems, they spent over five years listening to scientists, planners, managers, community members, fishermen, and environmentalists who are working together to make progress for coastal and marine ecosystems against great odds.
#ForewordFriday: Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries
By Katharine Sucher / On October 6th, 2016
While it has long been clear that the world’s oceans are in trouble, the lack of reliable data on fishery catches has obscured the scale, and nuances, of the crisis. Based on an unprecedented 10-year research study by the world's foremost fisheries experts, the Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries will fundamentally change the way the world thinks about ocean exploitation and management. It is the first and only book to provide accurate, country-by-country fishery data.