Lands & Waters: Oceans
Of Bait Balls and Marine Giants: The Stories Behind Some of This Year’s Best Underwater Photographs
By Christian Thorsberg April 18, 2024With these amazing images you’ll find a blend of conservation, discovery, and patience
How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents
By Allison Braden March 30, 2024Amy Bower and the Accessible Oceans project can turn data into sound
Divers Clean Up the Largest US Marine Conservation Area—By Hand
By Allison Braden March 25, 2024In just one mission, divers removed 126,310 pounds of debris from Hawai'i's Papahānaumokuākea
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How to Love an Oyster
By Brendan Borrell January 21, 2024The Pacific coast’s only native oyster is making a comeback, but it still needs a little help from its friends
Norway Greenlights World’s First Commercial Deep-Sea Mining Project
By Elyse Hauser December 16, 2023Here’s what the new project means for the US and other countries beyond the Nordic region
Can Humanity Save Kelp by Eating the Problem Away?
By Kate Fishman August 23, 2023How aquaculture for urchins could help restore California’s kelp ecosystems
How to Cook With Seaweed (and Why You Should)
By Naomi Tomky June 17, 2023It's sustainable, it's healthy, and it tastes good
Banking on the Seaweed Rush
By Nicola Jones May 6, 2023Seaweed farmers promise to feed us, combat climate change, support coastal communities, provide wildlife habitat, and more. Can seaweed do it all?
Even in Antarctica, Krill Are Eating Plastic
By Niko Zlotnik June 5, 2023Where is it coming from? And how is it affecting Antarctic animals?