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Dazzling in the deep: A Fellows Friday conversation with Asha de Vos, Kristen...
We asked three TED Fellows who work in the briny depths — whale researcher Asha de Vos, coral reef biologist Kristen Marhaver and artist Colleen Flanigan — to discuss how science and art are working...
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Learn more about ocean filmmaker Mike deGruy
On February 4, 2012, ocean filmmaker and educator Mike deGruy was killed in a helicopter crash while on assignment in Australia, along with pilot and filmmaker Andrew Wright. DeGruy (pronounced...
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Can we make things that make themselves? Skylar Tibbits on TED.com
MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly — the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA...
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Sustainable seafood? Let’s get smart: Barton Seaver on TED.com
Chef Barton Seaver presents a modern dilemma: Seafood is one of our healthier protein options, but overfishing is desperately harming our oceans. He suggests a simple way to keep fish on the dinner...
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Saving the ocean, one island at a time: Greg Stone on TED.com
Oceanographer Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific — protecting fish, sealife and the island nation...
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Jackson Browne: “If I Could Be Anywhere”— a song for Mission Blue
A year ago this week, Mission Blue Voyage set sail. This TED Prize-inspired trip brought together scientists, activists and funders around one of the biggest issues we face: how to stop the degradation...
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The weird and wonderful world of bioluminescence: Edith Widder on TED.com
In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At...
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The great penguin rescue: Dyan deNapoli on TED.com
A personal story, a collective triumph: Dyan deNapoli tells the story of the world’s largest volunteer animal rescue, which saved more than 40,000 penguins after an oil spill off the coast of South...
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Happy birthday, Sylvia Earle!
“As the ocean gives us life, we must give back — an enduring gift from us to the future.” — Sylvia Earle Today we celebrate 2009 TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle‘s birthday by celebrating the many...
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TIME magazine on Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue and the quest to save the ocean
From the TIME story on ocean hotspots: Saya de Malha Banks TIME magazine’s Bryan Walsh has posted a beautiful, in-depth story about Sylvia Earle and Mission Blue. Traveling from the Galapagos to the...
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The oil spill’s toxic trade-off: Susan Shaw on TED.com
Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that’s grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it’s sparing some beaches only at...
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Richard Rockefeller reports from the Sargasso Sea, a Mission Blue hope spot
Mission Blue supporter Richard Rockefeller reports: Light winds, clear skies, a leisurely agenda and frequent laughter belie this group’s intensity of purpose. We are a collection of TEDsters,...
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Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice: Rob Dunbar on TED.com
Rob Dunbar hunts for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago, finding clues inside ancient seabeds and corals and inside ice sheets. His work is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current...
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The changing face of exploration
To explore is human. It’s as basic as cooking and bathing, and as essential as song and dance. It’s not something that needs a lengthy explanation — whether you’re 3 or 103, it’s the tingly feeling you...
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Fellows Friday: A magical oceanic feeding frenzy, up close and personal, in...
By Asha de Vos, with photos by Jon Lowenstein Monterey Bay is a marine biologist’s dream. It is arguably one of the most dynamic coastlines in the world and, for someone from the tropics like me, it...
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31 days underwater: A TED Prize winner dives deep to visit Fabien Cousteau as...
Sylvia Earle took a deep-sea dive to visit Fabien Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau’s grandson) aboard the Aquarius underwater marine lab. Photo: Kip Evans/Mission 31 Sylvia Earle is always on a mission. She...
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Obama pledges support for massive new Pacific Ocean “hope spots,” echoing a...
Image captured during a snorkel during Mission Blue Voyage, 2010. Credit: James Duncan Davidson Closing out the weeklong Our Ocean conference at the State Department, on Tuesday US president Barack...
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Feeling blue about the state of the ocean? How a TED Prize wish helped one...
With the 2009 TED Prize, Sylvia Earle wished to raise awareness about the state of the ocean. And she has done just that. Above, Earle hosts TED sessions aboard the Mission Blue Voyage in the...
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Remembering Zoe Anderson, 1986 – 2010
The TED community is grieving the loss of Zoe Anderson, the 24-year-old daughter of TED Curator Chris Anderson. She died tragically of carbon monoxide poisoning on December 28, 2010. Chris has posted...
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Gallery: Who won the evolutionary race in our oceans?
TED Fellow Lauren Sallan is a paleobiologist who analyzes “big data” — the fossil record — to study large-scale evolution. As she says: “I want to know why some fishes win and others lose.” Here’s the...
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