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E.T. (Eight Tentacles)

Arts, Culture & Media

Want to know what it’s like to meet an alien? Introduce yourself to an octopus.

A boy collects plastic from a garbage-covered river in Manila, 2010.

Plastic trash is a big problem. How much do you throw away? (QUIZ)

Global Politics
Kirbati fishing

Rogue fishermen beware: Big Brother is watching you

Environment
Bluefin trevally at Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Ocean.

One scientist calls the largest marine sanctuary in the world a volcano of fish

Environment
North Pacific storm waves

Atlantic Ocean currents may be moderating global air temperatures

Environment
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Robotic arm taking samples

Deep seabed mining is a new — and lightly regulated — ecological experiment

Environment

A Canadian company has struck a deal with Papua New Guinea to mine gold and other metals from deep beneath the sea. The project raises great concerns about the impact on life in the deep ocean.A Canadian company has struck a deal with Papua New Guinea to mine gold and other metals from deep beneath the sea. The project raises great concerns about the impact on life in the deep ocean.

The re-created HMS Bounty, which sank in Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

The sea has been the main artery of cultural transformations throughout history

Business, Economics and Jobs

Lincoln Paine’s new book “The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World.” looks at the importance of the world’s seas and oceans through history for the exchange of goods, people, ideas and religion.

Movie director James Cameron makes history with dive to deepest part of ocean

Environment

James Cameron traveled some seven miles down into the ocean, as many miles below the Earth’s surface as miles modern jetliners fly above the surface. He engineered a new deep sea submersible for the journey.

Russia Nixes Antarctic Marine Reserve

Negotiators from 25 countries met in Germany recently in a bid to create a massive marine reserve in the seas around Antarctica. But at the last minute, Russia backed out of the deal.

The MS Tûranor: Record Setting Solar Boat and Floating Science Lab

The World’s Andrea Crossan went to Boston’s Fan Harbor to go aboard the world’s largest solar-powered boat, the MS Tûranor. The vessel is a floating science laboratory studying the affects of climate change on the ocean.

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