Emily Nuñez, Author at Oceana https://oceana.org We are Protecting the World's Oceans. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:51:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/05/cropped-cropped-Oceana_Icon_2Blue_RGB-01-32x32.png Emily Nuñez, Author at Oceana https://oceana.org 32 32 From Brasilia to Manila https://oceana.org/blog/from-brasilia-to-manila/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:17:34 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=40971 Oceana reflects on 10 years of protecting coasts, reforming fisheries laws, and forging partnerships in Brazil and the Philippines Ask Oceana’s leaders in Brazil and the Philippines how they keep winning victories for the oceans, and some patterns start to emerge. “One of the things that Oceana has done really well in the Philippines is ... Read more

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]]> Amazon Ditches Plastic Air Pillows in North America https://oceana.org/blog/amazon-ditches-plastic-air-pillows-in-north-america/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:35:00 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=40736 In a major victory for Oceana and the oceans, the world’s largest e-commerce company moves away from plastic packaging For years, Amazon delivered packages with a side of plastic waste. At the company’s fulfillment centers, plastic pillows were filled with air to cushion purchases in cardboard boxes. Those packages were then shipped to the company’s ... Read more

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]]> A sea of climate solutions https://oceana.org/blog/a-sea-of-climate-solutions/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:02:14 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=29145 Global ocean surface temperatures hit record highs in 2023. Human-caused climate change is currently compounding El Niño, a natural weather pattern, to deal extra damage. Forecasts show that unmitigated warming could melt nearly all of the Arctic sea ice and harm half of the world’s coral reefs as soon as the 2030s. The oceans are ... Read more

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]]> To 30×30 and Beyond https://oceana.org/blog/to-30x30-and-beyond/ Wed, 10 May 2023 14:34:09 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=25342 Countries around the world are working to protect 30% of their land and sea by 2030. Oceana is contributing to this goal and working with allies to protect even more marine habitat.  Off the western coast of Canada in the Northeast Pacific, an underwater mountain range looms large. These submerged peaks — once active volcanoes ... Read more

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]]> The ‘paper park’ paradox https://oceana.org/blog/the-paper-park-paradox/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=23492 The Wadden Sea is a diamond in the rough. Bordering Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, it is home to seals, porpoises, about 50 species of wintering birds, seagrass meadows — and a whole lot of mud. Wadden means “mud flats” in Dutch, and many locals take meditative “mud walks” along the intertidal zone, which contains ... Read more

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]]> California’s bold move to curb plastic pollution https://oceana.org/blog/californias-bold-move-to-curb-plastic-pollution/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:16:07 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=23459 The state of California has the largest population and fifth longest coastline in the United States. Its economy is so productive that, if it were a country, it would be fifth largest in the world, ahead of the United Kingdom, India, and France. Consequently, it also has a big plastic pollution problem. The California Department ... Read more

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]]> Chef Michael Smith’s recipe for oysters with Bloody Mary ice https://oceana.org/blog/chef-michael-smiths-recipe-for-oysters-with-bloody-mary-ice/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=22852 If you’ve read The Perfect Protein by Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless, you may remember his rule of thumb for selecting seafood: Whenever possible, shop local, choose smaller species, and opt for wild-caught species or farmed bivalves. Depending on where you live, oysters may meet all of the above criteria. Bivalves like oysters, clams, and mussels ... Read more

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]]> The plastic to pollutant pipeline https://oceana.org/blog/the-plastic-to-pollutant-pipeline/ Wed, 11 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=22840 Most single-use plastics are made from fossil fuels, so why aren’t they part of climate change conversations? Take a moment to consider the origins of a plastic bottle. What comes to mind? Maybe it’s a mental image of water bottles stacked on shelves at your local supermarket. Maybe it’s a factory that manufactures small plastic ... Read more

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]]> Where they drill, they spill: Offshore drilling is dirty, dangerous, and drives climate change https://oceana.org/blog/where-they-drill-they-spill-offshore-drilling-is-dirty-dangerous-and-drives-climate-change/ Tue, 03 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=22847 Sarah Bedolfe was visiting Laguna Beach in California last October, but the sunshine was overshadowed by some troubling news. Hours earlier, media began reporting an oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, just a short drive from where Bedolfe, her family, and friends were enjoying their day.   It was not immediately clear how ... Read more

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]]> Q&A: Masego Madzwamuse of the Oak Foundation on environmental policies that also protect people https://oceana.org/blog/masego-madzwamuse-of-the-oak-foundation-on-championing-environmental-policies-that-also-protect-people/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:28:27 +0000 https://oceana.org/?p=22804 Masego Madzwamuse was born in Botswana and partly raised in Zimbabwe, with her mother’s side hailing from the Kalahari Desert. She witnessed the ways in which her family’s culture and livelihoods depended on natural resources, so when she started a career in conservation, she was surprised to see the criminalization of local communities in the ... Read more

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