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 ALLHarvard researchers made an origami Pokéball that safely captures delicate sea creaturesQuartz • July 22, 2018
- BURN REPORTYour sunscreen probably kills baby corals. Hawaii is about to do something about itQuartz • July 3, 2018
- INTO THE DRINKAntarctica lost 3 trillion metric tons of ice in the last 26 yearsQuartz • June 13, 2018
- SEA OF PLASTICA pilot whale that normally ate squid and jellyfish died after swallowing 80 plastic bagsQuartz • June 4, 2018
- CORAL BEEFAustralia’s $400-million plan to save the Great Barrier Reef is too little, too lateQuartz • April 30, 2018
- 🔥🔥🔥If oceans stopped absorbing heat from climate change, life on land would average 122°FQuartz • November 29, 2017
- THIS IS FINEClimate change is the slowly boiling frog in the pot of the EarthQuartz • November 3, 2017
- CHANGE AFOOTA mysterious hole larger than the Netherlands has opened in the middle of Antarctic iceQuartz • October 12, 2017
- ILLEGAL TRAWLINGEU nations authorized their vessels to unlawfully fish in African watersQuartz Africa • September 12, 2017
- HARD-BITTENCracking the case of the mystery sea creatures that chewed an Australian teen’s legsQuartz • August 8, 2017