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The Sea

From global shipping lanes to global warming, overfishing to piracy, the earth’s oceans are where some of the phenomena that define the 21st century economy are playing out. We’ll try to look at the sea as a country in itself, with its own economy, natural resources, environment, laws… and inhabitants.

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CATCH 'EM ALL
Harvard researchers made an origami Pokéball that safely captures delicate sea creatures
Quartz • July 22, 2018
BURN REPORT
Your sunscreen probably kills baby corals. Hawaii is about to do something about it
Quartz • July 3, 2018
INTO THE DRINK
Antarctica lost 3 trillion metric tons of ice in the last 26 years
Quartz • June 13, 2018
SEA OF PLASTIC
A pilot whale that normally ate squid and jellyfish died after swallowing 80 plastic bags
Quartz • June 4, 2018
CORAL BEEF
Australia’s $400-million plan to save the Great Barrier Reef is too little, too late
Quartz • April 30, 2018
🔥🔥🔥
If oceans stopped absorbing heat from climate change, life on land would average 122°F
Quartz • November 29, 2017
THIS IS FINE
Climate change is the slowly boiling frog in the pot of the Earth
Quartz • November 3, 2017