Daniel Cressey

Feb 27, 2025 | dialogue.earth | Daniel Cressey

A seemingly continuous series of budget cuts and firings from the US government have left those working on ocean issues reeling in the wake of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president. Since taking power on 20 January, Trump and his ally, the tech-billionaire Elon Musk, have overseen swingeing cuts to the workforces of key federal bodies, and slashed overseas and domestic funding for research and aid projects. Critics say this has caused huge harm to global health and the environment.

Feb 13, 2025 | dialogue.earth | Daniel Cressey

Gaze into the ocean from the surface and you’ll be lucky to see a few tens of metres down. As for mapping the bottom, people have spent centuries developing tools, from early weighted lines to modern sonar. But the map of the ocean floor is still patchy. Huge mountains can hide, unmapped, in the vast expanse, often only discovered by rare careful studies. Helen Snaith is trying to change that.

Jan 30, 2025 | dialogue.earth | Daniel Cressey

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Jan 19, 2025 | eco-business.com | Daniel Cressey

Much will depend on the actions of Trump and his appointees in the coming years. Their decisions will influence the ocean, including in ways that extend beyond US territorial waters. The US has been hesitant to join international agreements under both Democrat and Republican leadership. For instance, the country has yet to ratify the decades-old UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and is considered unlikely to ratify the nascent High Seas Treaty.

Jan 16, 2025 | dialogue.earth | Daniel Cressey

The man who will become the 47th President of the United States this month has some strong views on the ocean. He has claimed that rising sea levels will create “more oceanfront property”, that offshore wind farms are an ugly blight, and that Californian water shortages are because of efforts to protect “essentially worthless fish”. Donald Trump’s opinions will again shape the world when he returns to the White House on 20 January.