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12:41

Sebastien de Halleux

How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean

Posted Nov 2018

5:41

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Four billion years of evolution in six minutes

Posted Jun 2018 Rated Informative, Fascinating

12:52

Enric Sala

Por qué necesitamos proteger el alta mar

Posted Jun 2018

13:05

Enric Sala

Let's turn the high seas into the world's largest nature reserve

Posted Jun 2018 Rated Informative, Persuasive

12:13

David Lang

Let's protect the oceans like national parks

Posted Mar 2018

4:43

Mike Gil

Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs?

Posted Jan 2018 Rated Informative, Fascinating

6:05

Lauren Sallan

How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction

Posted Oct 2017 Rated Informative, Funny

10:51

Radhika Nagpal

What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Fascinating, Informative

4:49

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

Posted Jun 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

10:10

Thomas Peschak

Dive into an ocean photographer's world

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

15:18

Mike Velings

The case for fish farming

Posted Feb 2016 Rated Informative, Persuasive

13:54

David Gruber

Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Fascinating, Informative

11:09

Jason deCaires Taylor

An underwater art museum, teeming with life

Posted Dec 2015 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

14:24

Paul Greenberg

The four fish we're overeating — and what to eat instead

Posted Dec 2015 Rated Informative, Persuasive

19:26

Carl Safina

What are animals thinking and feeling?

Posted Nov 2015 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

21:15

Anote Tong

My country will be underwater soon — unless we work together

Posted Nov 2015 Rated Informative, Persuasive

9:02

Daniel Pauly

The ocean's shifting baseline

Posted Feb 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive

16:47

Paul Snelgrove

A census of the ocean

Posted Feb 2012 Rated Informative, Fascinating

16:46

Simon Berrow

How do you save a shark you know nothing about?

Posted Feb 2012 Rated Informative, Fascinating

18:12

Mike deGruy

Hooked by an octopus

Posted Feb 2012 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating

9:26

Barton Seaver

Sustainable seafood? Let's get smart

Posted Oct 2010 Rated Persuasive, Informative

16:42

Susan Shaw

The oil spill's toxic trade-off

Posted Jul 2010 Rated Informative, Persuasive

15:42

Stephen Palumbi

Hidden toxins in the fish we eat

Posted Jun 2010 Rated Informative, Persuasive

16:13

Brian Skerry

The ocean's glory — and horror

Posted Jun 2010 Rated Inspiring, Informative

19:55

Enric Sala

Glimpses of a pristine ocean

Posted May 2010 Rated Persuasive, Informative

18:19

Jeremy Jackson

How we wrecked the ocean

Posted May 2010 Rated Persuasive, Informative

17:19

Edith Widder

Glowing life in an underwater world

Posted Apr 2010 Rated Fascinating, Beautiful

18:13

Mark Roth

Suspended animation is within our grasp

Posted Mar 2010 Rated Fascinating, Ingenious

16:48

Richard Pyle

A dive into the reef's Twilight Zone

Posted Feb 2009 Rated Fascinating, Informative

17:14

Nathan Myhrvold

Archeology, animal photography, BBQ ...

Posted Jun 2008 Rated Funny, Inspiring

18:19

Robert Ballard

The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean

Posted May 2008 Rated Fascinating, Inspiring

5:27

David Gallo

Underwater astonishments

Posted Jan 2008 Rated Fascinating, Beautiful

16:41

Tierney Thys

Swim with the giant sunfish

Posted May 2007 Rated Informative, Fascinating

16:17

Frans Lanting

The story of life in photographs

Posted Apr 2007 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

23:19

Janine Benyus

Biomimicry's surprising lessons from nature's engineers

Posted Apr 2007 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating

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