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Oceans

Wide shot of snowy barren land with a white car parked in the middle
Top of The World
Contentious Keystone XL pipeline project canceled
Kristal Ambrose, Bahamas Plastic Movement
Environment
Bahamas Plastic Movement founder wins Goldman Environmental Prize
the lush Antarctic seafloor
Mapping the colorful and diverse creatures of the Antarctic seas
Arts, Culture & Media
Synergy: Artists Take on Ocean Science
Arts, Culture & Media
Diving Deep for Site-Specific Art
There may be thousands of kinds of jellyfish that have yet to be discovered, even though thousands have already been identified.
Books
New book sheds light on the amazing capabilities of jellyfish, addresses myths and misperceptions
A simulation of the floating screens to be deployed by Ocean Cleanup to capture small plastic down to 1 cm, up to massive discarded fishing nets.
Technology
Two proposals to clean up our oceans of garbage: Will either work?
Wind patterns in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 18, 2011.
Science
Sea ice has hit new record lows at both poles
Unhealthy pteropod showing effects of ocean acidification
Science
Can a lawsuit against the EPA help solve ocean acidification?
‘Shadow Brokers,’ Facial Recognition, Dog Days of Summer
Full Episode
Dangerous Waters: New Report Calls for More Security at Sea
Full Episode
A scavenger collects plastic for recycling in a river covered with rubbish in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 20, 2009.
Environment
5 countries dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined
Cape Horn
Environment
A Rockefeller uses his oil legacy to help save the oceans
Populations of marlin and other big game fish in the waters between Florida and Cuba are under growing pressure from overfishing and habitat destruction.
Environment
Can Hemingway help break down the barriers between the US and Cuba?
Pat Colin, a marine scientist at the Coral Reef Research Foundation, explores the waters off of the Pacific island nation of Palau for organisms to send to the National Cancer Institute in the U.S.
Environment
Scientists search Palau’s coral reefs for new anti-cancer drugs
Environment
Radioactive Water Flowing to Sea is New Fukushima ‘Emergency’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Australia-Japan Whaling Case in International Court
Environment
Deep Sea Mining: Economic Bonanza or Environmental Boondoggle?
Environment
Thriving Microbial Life in the Planet’s Deepest Oceanic Trench
Environment
Research Expedition Captures Stunning Images of Plankton
Letters
When Native Cultures and Environmental Movements Clash
Makah Whaling
Makah Whaling: Rights and Fights
Carribean Nations Selling out Whales to Japan?
The Living on Earth Almanac
BEACHES VS. REEFS
Norway’s Artic Whalers
Norway’s Whaling Woes
Pump
A Whale Hunt
Whale Meat
Arts, Culture & Media
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