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# Oceans


## Oceans


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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt711bd74cc0fb7a48/6a3ec0eabbb8267e77790a70/sea-ranger-service.heic?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2026  
## [This European Social Enterprise Is Giving Gen Z Jobs They Actually Want](https://time.com/article/2026/06/26/sea-ranger-service-gen-z-oceans/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Richard Morgan
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt800a251c665e5906/6a281d9778e98ee1317ae8cb/UN-oceans.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2026  
## [The Ocean's Health Is Deteriorating on Multiple Fronts](https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/climate-change-ocean-health-un-report/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Simmone Shah
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691d5c10ff5ca9b4/6a067b1c9b4a4eebda3ecb98/_DSC0235.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2026  
## [The Power Hiding in Underwater Forests](https://time.com/article/2026/05/28/ocean-kelp-forests-biodiversity/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Tatjana Baleta
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f84e2eca7eed1ad/6a1088d5fcb7163dcd4e84ee/coral-conservation-time-jaschinski-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2026  
## [Inside the Labs Racing to Save The World's Coral Reefs](https://time.com/article/2026/05/28/scientists-saving-coral-reefs/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Simmone Shah
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9752280f60f08b7/6a15b1e5cee0f370f2055227/260608_WOCEANS_RESOURCE_003.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1%2Coffset-x100.00%2Coffset-y100.00)  
May 28, 2026  
## [A New Wave of Investors Sees Profit in Ocean Conservation](https://time.com/article/2026/05/28/the-new-value-of-oceans/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Justin Worland  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4d82fa8e44238ff/6998cb6ce2d64bedeac5fd4b/sylvia-earle-time100-rio.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 5, 2025  
## ['It Should Be Cool to Care,' Says Sylvia Earle](https://time.com/7330535/time100-talks-cop30-sylvia-earle/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![Mass Coral Bleaching Ravages Thailand's Reefs](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd772700c9510032e/6998cabbc8dcb4b2dab5090d/coral-bleaching.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2025  
## [The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed](https://time.com/7325086/coral-reef-climate-tipping-point-crossed/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Simmone Shah
* ![A diver surveys a coral reef on Nov, 27, 2017 near the Comoros archipelago, Indian Ocean.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3120694b25e6df6/6998c7e293610c6bfac2fc42/ocean-exploration-research-conservation-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2025  
## [Column: Saving Our Mysterious Oceans](https://time.com/7298700/why-we-must-protect-the-ocean/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Dona Bertarelli and Wendy Schmidt
* ![A group of divers swim with a sandbar shark off Jupiter, Florida on Feb. 24, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf442e9fe6f8d1e2e/6998c78a83ec37b186c7ab02/movie-jaws-impact-shark-marine-conservation.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 16, 2025  
## [How Jaws Wreaked Havoc on Marine Conservation](https://time.com/7294556/how-jaws-wreaked-havoc-on-marine-conservation/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![Some AI startups are trying to track and limit overfishing.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf51ebc766a27d170/6998c76ee1ba00eb3098da60/ai-ocean-conservation-marine-plastic-pollution-overfishing-solutions-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2025  
## [How AI Can Help Save Our Oceans](https://time.com/7293216/how-ai-can-help-save-our-oceans/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Vivienne Walt  
* ![France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot addresses the audience during a plenary session on the second day of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, on June 10, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd9dc495a494d497/6998c76607a30dcf8e77d149/jean-noel-barrot-french-foreign-minister-oceans-climate-trump-ukraine-gaza-europe-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 10, 2025  
## [French Foreign Minister: World Is Looking to Europe to ‘Resist’](https://time.com/7292963/jean-noel-barrot-interview-france-oceans-trump/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![Corals on the outer slop of the lagoon in Tatakoto, French Polynesia, a remote atoll.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd8232a9b687361b/6998c7571500fbfa4daa656e/french-polynesia-ocean-marine-protected-area-conservation.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2025  
## [French Polynesia Sets World's Largest Marine Protected Area](https://time.com/7292420/french-polynesia-announces-new-marine-protected-area/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Simmone Shah
* ![France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech ahead of the third U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice, on June 8, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc5d40f717558e3a/6998c751e1ba0012fc98da14/un-ocean-conference-2025-whats-at-stake.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2025  
## [What's At Stake As Leaders Gather At U.N. Oceans Conference](https://time.com/7292295/whats-at-stake-un-global-ocean-conference/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![portrait of Diva Amon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91978d5b361d9fbd/6998c7201500fbb6d5aa6506/diva-amon-Credit-Tegwen-Rajnauth.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 5, 2025  
## [The Marine Biologist Trying to Prevent Deep-Sea Mining](https://time.com/7290414/deep-sea-mining-diva-amon-biologist-interview/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Deep-sea nodules are a  
source of critical metals. Mining for them could harm ecosystems](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte38bd326ac589db2/6998c71aa97fc04ef8a7466a/Nodules-Pacific-Ocean-floor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 5, 2025  
## [The World Isn't Valuing Oceans Properly](https://time.com/7290417/world-oceans-value/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Justin Worland

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