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Oceanographer Sylvia Earle is on a Mission to Save Our Seas

Sea habitats are being destroyed at an alarming pace.Since the 1960s, humans have removed over 20 million tons of wildlife from the world's oceans by means of dragging nets across the ocean floor. 90...

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A Millennial's Fight to Clean Up 150 Million Pounds of Ocean Trash

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Plastics, litter, and all sorts of debris have polluted our waters for years. While prevention is key, ocean cleanup also presents an important...

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Quantifying the Value of the Ocean's Resources

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Certain habitats are great for generating fish, some habitats are key for storing carbon, and others are great for tourism. But we've never put...

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A Strategy for Reducing Underwater Noise Pollution

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.The singing world underwater is filled with whales, fish, and other species that use sound like grunts, whistles, drumming, and sonar for...

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Scientists Discover Link Between Fins and Hands

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. This week, we've been chronicling the plight of the oceans in our series "Trashing the High Seas," and today we look at a new study that binds...

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