Mission Blue

What is it about being on a white sandy beach that makes people happy? Why does the sound and smell of the ocean make people feel relaxed? Why is "ocean view" the most valuable phrase in real estate?

From Mavis McRae, Kip Evans and Mission Blue: Sirenuse headed back into open water on Friday night for the 10-hour journey north from Hawksbill C...

From Mavis McRae, Kip Evans and Mission Blue: After being out of the water yesterday, we were anxious to dip our flippers back into the beautiful b...

From Mavis McRae and Mission Blue: Created in 1958, the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park was the first of its kind in the world and is famous for it's ...

DAY ONE: NASSAU AND STANIEL CAY By Kip Evans with Mission Blue: After dragging hundreds of pounds of equipment from the United States we finally...

To the Arctic is a celebration of Arctic life in its many resilient forms with intimate glimpses of our fellow mammals -- polar bears, foxes, walruses, caribou and others who share with humans a common need for water, warmth, food, shelter -- and protection from predators.

Mission Blue: By Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Oceans Program Manager, Google: The Minister of Science and Technology (SENACYT), for the country of Pa...

Mission Blue: By Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Oceans Program Manager, Google: Today, the wind picked up making the waters quite choppy. The Sea Hunte...

Mission Blue: By Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Oceans Program Manager, Google: Ricardo Cisneros and I joined Hector Guzman's science team over at the ...

Mission Blue: By Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Oceans Program Manager, Google: We awoke eager to go diving but were delayed as the dive boat was held ...

It is not difficult for either the casual park visitor or the seasoned scientist to recognize the ecological significance of Drakes Estero. Today, we understand the importance of protecting our beautiful and fragile coastline.

Surely you are already aware of the dreadful reality of plastic debris poisoning our oceans, toxifying our precious environment and causing serious harm to our delicate minds and bodies.

Rob Dunbar's hunt for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate.

Coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse.

Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light -- and we know very little about how or why. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world.

Did you know that Jackson Browne is thinking about becoming a vegetarian, with the exception of some Iberian ham? That's what he told HuffPost in thi...

To help fulfill 2009 TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle's wish to create a global network of marine protected areas, TED held a five-day conference aboard ...

To help fulfill 2009 TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle's wish to create a global network of marine protected areas, TED held a five-day conference aboard ...

Check here for live updates from Mission Blue, 2009 Prize Winner Sylvia Earle's Ocean conference. Follow the participants who are on the boat, along w...

Through the position and influence of TED, and with the support of influential people, we have a new opportunity to see what creative and collective hope we can give 'outside the box' to better protect the blue heart of the planet.

Whenever I tell people that I was born in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, they always say, "I didn't know there were any people on the Galápagos. I thought only strange animals lived there."

Until now the blue part of our planet has been largely ignored. Deep-ocean explorer and TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle is changing that with her Mission Blue conference.

This may be the Green page, but for the next two weeks, you'll be seeing blue with our special coverage of oceans and the TED conference Mission Blue.