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The World's Oceans

<p>Oceans cover 70% of the Earth&#039;s surface, and make up 99% of its biosphere. They play a major role in our weather and climate, and provide food, livelihood and leisure for millions of people. For all that, we know remarkably little about them, and treat them as a limitless resource, and a limitless dump. <em>PRI&#039;s The World</em> covers the depth and breadth of the world&#039;s oceans to help our audience better understand and appreciate our relationship to the Earth&#039;s defining feature.</p>

This artistic rendering of a canal system in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston has people talking about climate change.

With climate change, Boston’s future could be filled with gondolas

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One picture has people in Boston talking about climate change and rising sea levels. It shows an imagined future of the historic Back Bay neighborhood. And the future looks like Venice.

Pete Knutson and his son Dylan sell local Pacific salmon at outdoor markets around the Seattle area. The sign on their stall at a recent market in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood reads, “In response to multiple customer inquiries regarding the Fukushima i

Worried about radioactive ‘Fukushima’ fish in the US? Don’t be, scientists say

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Andrew Gilham of the UKs Environment Agency points to an area of land designated to be returned to the sea

With sea levels rising, the UK is starting to let go of some of its coastline

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Climate change brings a new wrinkle to life on Palau’s islands: Fear of the sea

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