Marine Environment

The Ocean Is the Key to Economic Recovery

Prior to the pandemic, the multitrillion global ocean economy was growing faster in the US than our national economy as a whole.

maritime worker on ship

A Dive to the Mariana Trench

On June 14, 2020, just days after she became the first woman ever to visit the deepest point of the global ocean, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, former NASA astronaut and NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan spoke with the Aspen High Seas Initiative’s Executive Director, Michael Conathan.

Celebrating Our Ocean on Earth Day

Let’s spend Earth Day remembering the two-thirds of our planet that makes it uniquely suited to foster life.

View of ocean from space

AHSI Brings Marine Conservation to Aspen Ministers Forum

On Friday, November 22, 2019 during an Aspen Ministers Forum convened in Vienna, Austria by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, the Aspen High Seas Initiative (AHSI) presented a special session on the accelerating global biodiversity crisis and urgent need to strengthen targets for conservation of marine biodiversity in particular.

Saving the High Seas

A tide of threats against the ocean is rising, but pioneering ocean scientist and advocate Dr. Sylvia Earle, co-chair of the Aspen High Seas Initiative, has a solution.

As Pressure Mounts on Seabed Mining Regulators, Deep Ocean Science Remains in the Dark

Regulators must take caution as companies push to mine the ocean floor.

Introducing the Aspen High Seas Initiative

Half the planet’s surface is protected by no international rules or regulations — and it needs our help.

Meet the Crew Tracking Great White Sharks to Solve an Ecological Mystery

Follow the RV Falkor on its expedition to the White Shark Café.