Brian Skerry: Powerful images

Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves – as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. In this TED video he shares his amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, and shows how powerful images can help make change. Using the camera as his tool of communication, Skerry [...]

Ocean “garbage patch” a legacy of throwaway living

A yachting competition across the Pacific led veteran seafarer Charles Moore to discover what some have since deemed the world’s largest “landfill” – actually a huge water-bound swath of floating plastic garbage twice the size of the state of Texas. Trapped in an enormous slow whirlpool called the Pacific Gyre, a mostly stagnant, plankton-rich seascape [...]

How we wrecked the ocean

In this bracing TED talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the state of the oceans today: overfished, overheated and polluted, with indicators pointing to the situation getting worse. Source: TED.com

Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

OK. This is the last “fish post” for a while. But I found this interesting because it doesn’t just present a problem but also puts forward a working solution. Dan Barber’s TED talk is about a the dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. Dan Barber is the chef at [...]

Sylvia Earle’s TED Prize “wish” is a call to action

Renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle – a National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence and former chief scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – has long been at the forefront of ocean research and conservation. As one of three winners of the 2009 TED award, she presented this video containing  inspiring images of the oceans – and [...]