What Has Recovered in Raja Ampat: The Misool Story
Edition 001 reported on the nickel-mining threat to Raja Ampat, the marine protected area in eastern Indonesia that has been called the global epicentre of coral biodiversity. The piece
Edition 001 reported on the nickel-mining threat to Raja Ampat, the marine protected area in eastern Indonesia that has been called the global epicentre of coral biodiversity. The piece
The World Meteorological Organization's State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2026 report, released earlier this year, contains the data that anchors much of the Pacific
On 8 June 2026 — World Ocean Day — the government of Tuvalu will launch its first National Ocean Policy. The launch falls into Edition 003 of this publication, but the document
For most of the satellite record, Antarctic sea ice behaved differently from its northern counterpart. While Arctic sea ice declined steadily from the late 1970s onward — eventually losing roughly half
The waters off Chile, Peru, and Ecuador are among the most productive fishing grounds in the world. They are also among the most heavily exploited by distant-water industrial fleets
A long-form investigation published by NPR on 22 May, reported by Emily Feng, documented the community of ethnic Uyghur militants who fought against the Assad regime in northern Syria
Papua New Guinea is positioning the 2026 Melanesian Ocean Summit as a regional governance platform for the four Melanesian states — PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji — plus a participating French-
On 20 May, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/80/L.65, which formally endorses the International Court of Justice's July 2025 advisory opinion on the
The civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023, is now in its fourth year. The May 2026 joint update
Over the weekend of 23–25 May, Russia conducted one of the largest single-night drone-and-missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the full-scale war began in