Oceans
"If there is no blue, there is no green," Dr. Sylvia Earle has said. And she couldn't be more right.
The world's oceans are responsible for providing our fresh water, for regulating global temperatures, for providing food and housing the majority of the species on Earth. And it is also taking the brunt of human negligence and greed. From overfishing to plastic pollution to acidification from the carbon dioxide we're releasing in the air, our oceans are under threat and need us to pay attention.
On this page, dive into news about both problems and solutions for one of our most valuable resources.
Featured Stories in Oceans
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Under Serious Threat, New Report Shows
A UN report describes that despite progress in conservation efforts, industrial development is taking a major toll on this vital ecosystem.
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Unusual and Beautiful Wave Photos Have a Secret Source
Photographer Scotty Carter has uncovered techniques to produce exceptionally beautiful and highly unique wave photos.
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Caught Red-Snapper-Handed: New Identification Technique Could Stop Fish Poachers
Scientists prove a new means for safeguarding world fish stocks and ensuring customers buying sustainable fish get what they want.
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Kick-ass Scientific Sailboat Journeys to the "Heart of the Climate Machine"
We talk to Tara crewmembers, who sail the seas monitoring ocean health and climate change in a boat that cannot be crushed by polar ice, about the adventure-job openings
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Dolphin Tangled in Fishing Line Approaches Divers for Help (Video)
Incredibly, the wild dolphin appears to readily comply with efforts to help, seeming to give full trust in its terrestrial rescuers.
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Underwater Robots Listen for Call of Endangered Right Whales
When the robots hear whales in the area, the researchers can then alert mariners to reduce their speed and keep an eye out for the animals.
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Australia's Coastal Wetlands Trapped Between Rising Seas and Urban Development
Having nowhere to retreat to, the survival of important wetlands and the many species that depend on them is in serious peril.
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Canada's Trapped Killer Whales Freed by Shifting Ice
After a favorable winds shift ice cover, it appears that the weakened group of orcas have now been freed.
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Oil Rig Diver Confronted by an Angry Sea Turtle (Video)
Sometimes even the ocean's most peaceable inhabitants can get fed-up with uninvited guests.
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Shocking! Thousands of Mutilated Shark Fins Drying on Hong Kong Rooftops
Tens of millions of sharks are mutilated and left to die slowly each year so that some affluent people in Asia can each soup. This has to stop.
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Surprise Discovery of Deep-Sea Corals In Great Barrier Reef
Scientists used an underwater robot to explore extremely murkey waters, and were surprised to find deep sea corals they never knew existed!
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Wild Dolphins Observed Bringing Gifts to Humans
While it's already well-known that dolphins rank among the most intelligent creatures on the planet, new research is suggesting that they just might be one of the most magnanimous too.
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Tween Boys Help Save a 500-million-year-old Species
These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.
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Plans for Gigantic 1.2GW Wind Farm Submitted
Significantly larger than any offshore windfarm in operation, developers say East Anglia Offshore Wind could provide power for 770,000 homes.
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Blind Cave Fish Inspire Better Sensing Technology for Underwater Robots
Researchers are copying the sensory systems of cave fish to help underwater robots move through murky water.
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Plastic Objects Photographed to Look Like Sea Creatures
This photo series takes a surreal look at how we are transforming our oceans into a plastic world.
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Less Octopus, More Spider Crab. Climate Change Dictates This Year’s Christmas Menu in Spain
This year, most people can afford spider crab for Christmas, but no more octopus! Climate change and overfishing have reduced the amount of octopus, the crabs' predator, in spanish waters, and at the same time crabs are thirving.
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Wave-Powered Robot Completes 9,000 Mile Ocean Trek, Sets Record
The Wave Glider robot from Liquid Robotics has endured some incredible obstacles during its journey, but finally made it into the record books for longest autonomous trip ever.
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Clean-Up Chemical Made BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 52 Times More Toxic
A new study shows dispersants are deadly to microscopic animals forming an important link in the Gulf food chain.
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Distributed Energy Generation Would Produce More Than Gigantic Tidal Barrage
The Severn Barrage could create 50,000 jobs and provide 5% of the UK's electricity needs. Critics say we can do better than that.
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Smarter Underwater Robots Can Explore Treacherous Deep Ocean Spots
New technology will allow underwater robots to autonomously explore parts of the ocean that were too hazardous before.
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