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oceanography

A group of Tanzanians wearing bright colorful clothes ride in a boat.
Climate Change
Nearly swallowed by the sea, a small island in Tanzania fights against climate change
A Year After Harvey, Communities Are Still Rebuilding
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the lush Antarctic seafloor
Mapping the colorful and diverse creatures of the Antarctic seas
Elkhorn coral is one of the main varieties of coral that workers on the northern coast of Puerto Rico have been able to restore following damage done by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Science
Local NGOs repair Puerto Rico’s coral reefs in Maria’s aftermath
Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.
Climate Change
New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
Snow is blown off of the calving front off of Thurston Island in western Antarctica in this photo, taken in November 2014. New findings show the western side of Antarctica to be more vulnerable to warming oceans — and increased ice loss — than first thoug
A scientist’s response to Antarctic ice loss: ‘We can act.’
A bird eats dead fish in the area where thousands of dead fish washed up on Abangaritos beach in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb. 16, 2017.
Environment
As oceans suffocate, dead zones grow
Environment
Company making detergent bottles out of ocean plastic
Greenland's Sermilik fjord is choked with huge icebergs from one of the island's biggest glaciers. But climate researchers working in the fjord and on the Helheim glacier are looking for tiny clues in hopes of getting a better handle on how cliamte change
Environment
Looking small for big answers in Greenland
Dark rock above the Helheim glacier in southeastern Greenland marks its former level, before a sudden and dramatic retreat of hit many Greenland glaciers a decade ago. Scientists working on the Helheim and the fjord it drains into are looking for clues to
Environment
In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone
Scientists holds the arms of a colossal squid as they examine the squid at a national museum facility in Wellington, New Zealand.
Science
A rare colossal squid was dissected in New Zealand — and you can watch it on YouTube
Conservationists are trying to protect the ocean waters around Palau, a small island nation in the South Pacific due east of the Philippines. The waters are recognized as one of the seven underwater wonders of the world, with more than 1,300 species of fi
Environment
Conservationists are working to create more national parks at sea
Robotic arm taking samples
Environment
Deep seabed mining is a new — and lightly regulated — ecological experiment
Environment
For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish
Environment
Scientist uncovers species of ocean plants that flee from predators
Environment
As ocean gets more acidic, situation is exacerbated in Puget Sound
Environment
Research suggests ocean garbage patches may be bigger than once believed
Environment
Movie director James Cameron makes history with dive to deepest part of ocean
Environment
Japanese fisherman embrace tsunami as a chance to reinvent their industry
Arts, Culture & Media
Documenting the world’s monster waves
Business, Economics and Jobs
Harnessing tides for electricity
Environment
Giant mass of plastic threatens marine life in Pacific
Turning On Tidal Power
Environment
Thriving Microbial Life in the Planet’s Deepest Oceanic Trench
Environment
Undersea Life Around ‘Black Smoker’ Vents
Environment
Antarctica Warming Raises Sea Level Rise Risk
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Old Weather’ Project Yields Amazing Data Visualizations
Environment
There’s Probably More Plastic Trash in the Oceans Than We Even Thought
Environment
Tracing the Ocean’s Ingredients
Environment
Japan’s Tsunami-Stricken Fishermen Chart New Course
Tsunami in a Tank
Adroitly Adrift
Emperor Penguins adults with chicks in Antarctica.
Environment
Sea Levels May Rise Faster Than Expected
Toxic Tide – Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster, Part 2
Arts, Culture & Media
An Island with Tidal Bores
High Tide for Tidal Power?
Ocean Extinction Trend
Environment
6.6 Aftershock Hits Japan
Development & Education
Air France wreckage recovery
Environment
Japan Relief: Helping the Most Vulnerable
Arts, Culture & Media
History of earthquakes and tsunamis
Top of the Hour: Tsunami Hits Japan, Morning Headlines
Environment
Tsunami Devastates Japan
Environment
Indonesia Reacts to Tsunami Warning
Environment
Tsunami Warning Issued Across Pacific
Environment
Tsunami hits Japan after quake
On the Beach With Dr. Sylvia Earle
Ocean Canaries
Toxic Tide – Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster, Part 2
The Poetry of the Ocean
The Wave
The Other Oil Spill
The Need for Seaweed
The World’s Largest Water Park
Warm Water and Small Sea Creatures
Acid Oceans
Emerging Science Note-Sea Sounds
Exploring the Ocean’s Geology
U.S. Commission on Oceans
Ocean Distress