Many commercial fishing boats do not report their positions at sea or are not required to do so. Alex Walker via Getty Images We found that a remarkable amount of activity occurs outside of public ...

Humans are racing to harness the ocean’s vast potential to power global economic growth. Worldwide, ocean-based industries such as fishing, shipping and energy production generate at least $1.5 ...

The environment that sustains half the planet’s living things is being terribly managed, says David Kroodsma of Global Fishing Watch. New technology “points us towards the information we need to ...

Oceans help manage the carbon in the atmosphere by locking it away. Climate scientists have sought ways to accurately track this process in their efforts to understand our changing environment. That ...

Researchers have exposed an enormous quantity of previously untracked human activity at sea using a combination of satellite imagery, vessel GPS data, and AI. As detailed in a new paper published in ...