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Oceans

illustration of a CBP agent and cruise ship | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | US Customs and border Josh Denmark | Midjourney

Immigration

CBP Is Deporting Cruise Ship Crew Over Child Pornography Allegations Without Evidence

Advocacy groups say more than 100 cruise ship crew members have been deported in recent months, and they're not being shown the evidence against them or given any due process.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.13.2025 4:59 PM

Illustration of a lifeguard and a watchtower on a beach | Eddie Marshall | Franco Ricci | Darren Baker | Dreamstime.com

California

In Just 1 Year, 134 Lifeguards Cost Los Angeles Taxpayers $70 Million

The highest earner received a grand total of $523,351.

Sophia Mandt | 7.14.2025 10:00 AM

A fishing boat at sea | ID 50066006 ©  Meinzahn | Dreamstime.com

North Carolina

North Carolina Lawmakers Are Trying To Kill the State's Booming Shrimp Industry

For some restaurants in the state, local shrimp sales account for 90 percent of their revenue.

Jeff Luse | 6.23.2025 1:20 PM

Plastic containers accumulating on land near a body of water | Fabien Monteil | Dreamstime.com

Pollution

U.N. Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse

How do we solve the problem of plastic wastes?

Ronald Bailey | 12.6.2024 5:05 PM

Marine geoengineering experiment on an aircraft carrier | University of Washington

Geoengineering

Marine Cloud Brightening Geoengineering Experiment Halted

Why do environmentalist ideologues oppose research on a possible emergency backup system to cool the climate?

Ronald Bailey | 5.15.2024 11:00 AM

John Stossel is seen in front of a beach house | Stossel TV

Government Waste

The Feds Shouldn't Subsidize Fancy, Risky Beach Houses

Government is "promoting bad behavior," says Sen. Rand Paul. He's right.

John Stossel | 1.10.2024 12:30 AM

Milk crates anchored to the bottom of the ocean to help bolster Florida's barrier reef | Photo: Courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory

Energy & Environment

The Florida Barrier Reef's Last Stand

Summer heat this year posed an existential threat to the world's third-largest barrier reef.

C.J. Ciaramella | 12.19.2023 6:00 AM

Deployed submarine |  EyePress/Newscom

Innovation

Don't Shame the OceanGate Crew for Taking Huge Risks

But don't expect taxpayers to rescue adventurers when they fail, either.

Christian Britschgi | 6.21.2023 5:45 PM

John Stossel | Stossel TV

Hurricanes

Here's What the Media Get Wrong About Hurricanes

No, a big storm does not require big government.

John Stossel | 10.5.2022 12:30 AM

FireClimateDreamstime | Korn Vitthayanukarun | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

Stop Using 'Too Hot' Climate Models, Says Nature Commentary

And avoid implausible, worst-case scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions too.

Ronald Bailey | 5.5.2022 1:55 PM

neely | Nova Southeastern University

Oceans

Can Antibiotic Goop and an Army of Divers Save Florida's Ailing Coral Reefs?

How an innovative collaboration could help bring back America's only barrier reef from the brink of destruction.

C.J. Ciaramella | 10.14.2021 3:05 PM

reason-turtle | 197036662/Dreamstime.com

Military

U.S. Space Force Finds 30 Kilos of Cocaine While Looking for Sea Turtles

The drug bust blurs the line between military operations and civilian law enforcement.

Christian Britschgi | 6.17.2021 4:50 PM

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Coronavirus

Chef Andrew Gruel on Capitalism, Cuisine, and Calling Gov. Gavin Newsom an Asshole

The founder of the Slapfish seafood chain battles arbitrary, non-scientific regulations and a punishing economy while reinventing the lobster roll.

Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller | 4.9.2021 12:20 PM

minis6 | Knopf

Investigative Journalism

The Outlaw Ocean

Each chapter profiles those who live on the edge of maritime laws, in the gray areas that are so often unenforceable by land governments.

C.J. Ciaramella | 12.27.2019 6:30 AM

reason-styrofoam | Zkruger/Dreamstime.com

Plastic Pollution

Study: Styrofoam Might Last Only Decades, Not Millennia, in the Ocean

Researchers from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution say that sunlight can break down polystyrene within a few decades.

Christian Britschgi | 10.21.2019 4:05 PM

Hotter water | IPCC

Oceans

Oceans Are Getting Hotter and Ice Sheets Are Melting Faster, Says New Report

Sea level rise is accelerating and marine heatwaves are becoming more common

Ronald Bailey | 9.25.2019 5:45 PM

Large image on homepages | Zkruger | Dreamstime.com

Maryland

Maryland Passes Bill to Outlaw Foam Containers

If Gov. Larry Hogan signs the measure into law, Maryland will be the first state to issue a ban on foam food containers.

Billy Binion | 3.18.2019 2:15 PM

Large image on homepages | Ocean Builders

Seasteading

First Seastead in International Waters Now Occupied, Thanks to Bitcoin Wealth

Two libertarians now have a private home off the coast of Thailand-proof of concept for a world of more competitive governance and greater ocean environmental health.

Brian Doherty | 3.1.2019 11:25 AM

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Hurricanes

Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes More Destructive?

Not yet in the United States, new studies suggest

Ronald Bailey | 1.17.2019 10:20 AM

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Oceans

Widely Reported Alarming Ocean Warming Study Is Wrong

Skeptic of catastrophic climate change projections is right about significant errors in alarming new study.

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2018 10:45 AM

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Oceans

An Alarming New Study Suggests the Oceans Are Warming 60 Percent Faster. A Statistician Disagrees.

Is the study's worst-case climate scenario wrong?

Ronald Bailey | 11.8.2018 12:05 PM

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Oceans

The Oceans Are Trashed. Can Volunteer Scuba Divers Help Clean Them Up?

Divers are taking ocean clean-up into their own hands.

C.J. Ciaramella | 10.2.2018 12:15 PM

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Earth day

Earth Day and the Plastics Pollution Problem

Plastic debris in the oceans is classic example of the tragedy of the commons.

Ronald Bailey | 4.22.2018 10:00 AM

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Temperature Trends

Hottest November in Satellite Record: Global Temperature Trend Update

El Niño Pacific Ocean warming event continues to push temperatures to record highs

Ronald Bailey | 12.8.2015 12:11 PM

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Policy

How The Feds Lied to Help Kill an Oyster Business in California

Brian Doherty | 1.21.2015 4:11 PM

Temperature Trends

Global Warming Heat Not "Hiding" in the Deep Ocean After All

Ronald Bailey | 10.7.2014 12:03 PM

Politics

New Waterworld Order

Real offshore havens are on the horizon.

Kenneth Silber | 11.1.1997 12:00 AM

Oceans

The Wave of the Future; the Future of the Waves

Laissez faire and the struggle for the oceans

Robert Poole | 12.1.1969 7:58 AM

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