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Oceans

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Oceans.

Video playlists about Oceans

Ocean wonders

13 talks • 3h 8m

Dive into the unexplored universe beneath the waves: the beautiful, fragile (and sometimes terrifying) world of the ocean.

The mysteries of the deep sea

5 talks • 57:39

Explore endless waters with these captivating talks that shine some (literal) light on what’s going in the deepest, darkest parts of our oceans.

Amazing reveals

10 talks • 2h 16m

Join us in looking back at some of the most awe-inspiring things ever seen on the TED stage.

Sharks!

5 talks • 1h 7m

Our talks featuring sharks -- arguably one of the more misunderstood creatures of the deep blue sea.

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Talks about Oceans

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

A love story for the coral reef crisis

Posted Oct 2019

Alasdair Harris

How a handful of fishing villages sparked a marine conservation revolution

Posted Oct 2019

Andrew Forrest

A radical plan to end plastic waste

Posted Oct 2019

Tim Flannery

Can seaweed help curb global warming?

Posted Sep 2019

Kelly Wanser

Emergency medicine for our climate fever

Posted Aug 2019

Victor Vescovo

What's at the bottom of the ocean — and how we're getting there

Posted Aug 2019

Mark Tercek

An ingenious proposal for scaling up marine protection

Posted Jun 2019

Roger Hanlon

The amazing brains and morphing skin of octopuses and other cephalopods

Posted May 2019

Jonathan Wilker

What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue

Posted Jan 2019

Sebastien de Halleux

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

Posted Nov 2018

David Lang

Let's protect the oceans like national parks

Posted Oct 2018

Catherine Mohr

How I became part sea urchin

Posted Sep 2018

Penny Chisholm

The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet

Posted Jul 2018

Heidi M. Sosik

The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone

Posted Jun 2018

Enric Sala

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

Posted Jun 2018

Nancy Rabalais

The "dead zone" of the Gulf of Mexico

Posted Apr 2018

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Exclusive articles about Oceans

Would you drink desalinated seawater? Recycled sewage water? Get ready to find out

Our planet is getting hotter and drier. Drinking water is in short supply, but there are two largely untapped sources: the ocean and sewage. To get a taste of what might be in s...

Gallery: Meet 6 bewitching, rarely seen creatures from the ocean’s twilight zone

You won’t see these amazing animals on a day at the beach, but they’re there — living in the vast, cold, unexplored midwater region of the ocean. Learn about six of its resident...

What plastic item would you love to ban? 15 ocean experts (and TED speakers) tell us.

Yes, plastic straws are bad, but they’re just a teeny drop in the giant ocean of plastic we’re swimming in. Here are other everyday plastic objects that we could put on the disc...

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