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STATEMENT: Biden Administration Commits to Protect 30% of U.S. Land and Ocean by 2030

  • Food
  • Forests
  • conservation
  • land use
  • biodiversity
  • fisheries
  • Ocean
  • protected areas
  • Food
  • Forests
  • conservation
  • land use
  • biodiversity
  • fisheries
  • Ocean
  • protected areas
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The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

  • conservation
  • coronavirus
  • biodiversity
  • Equity & Governance
  • international climate policy
  • Ocean
  • protected areas
Algae, corals and fish in an ocean gully.
  • conservation
  • coronavirus
  • biodiversity
  • Equity & Governance
  • international climate policy
  • Ocean
  • protected areas

Memo to Carmakers: The Future Is Electric

  • Energy
  • electric mobility
  • U.S. policy
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
Zero emission vehicle
  • Energy
  • electric mobility
  • U.S. policy
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy

California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

  • Forests
  • fires
  • global forest watch
flight deck of the MAFFS 6
  • Forests
  • fires
  • global forest watch

NASA Satellite Data Help Show Where Groundwater Is – And Where It Isn’t

  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/33377700@N00/155517365/">Ozyman</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk

New Tool Reveals How Jamaica’s Development Projects Impact People and Planet

  • environmental democracy
  • human rights
  • protected areas
  • public participation
Cataboo, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. Photo by Sergel Mutovkin/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • human rights
  • protected areas
  • public participation

Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts

A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Photo credit: Nicolas Raymond, Flickr
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • protected areas
Initiatives
This website serves as an information portal about eutrophication—the over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus—a leading threat to water quality around the world. Explore our interactive map and learn more.

Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater

Conservation-Related Ballot Measures in the United States (1998–2010)

  • Forests
  • protected areas
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • protected areas
  • deforestation