Mission Blue

PHOTOS: Closeup With Tropical Storm Beryl

Posted 05.30.2012

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...

PHOTOS: Exploring 'Thunderball' Grotto

Posted 05.24.2012

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 ...

PHOTOS: Swimming With Wild Pigs

Posted 05.23.2012

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...

Save the Polar Bears, Save Ourselves

Sylvia Earle | Posted 04.20.2012

Sylvia Earle

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.

PHOTOS: Saying Goodbye To Coiba, Panama

Posted 03.24.2012

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

PHOTOS: Diving Into The 'Washing Machine'

Posted 03.23.2012

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

PHOTOS: From A Submarine In Panama's Coiba National Park

Posted 03.22.2012

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

PHOTOS: First Dives At Panama's Coiba National Park

Posted 03.20.2012

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 ...

The Public Sides With Point Reyes Wilderness

Sylvia Earle | Posted 05.14.2012

Sylvia Earle

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.

TED and New Platform for Ocean News, Hope, Action

Amy Novogratz | Posted 04.29.2012

Amy Novogratz

100 scientists, conservationists, advocates, artists, and concerned citizens set sail for a week in the Galapagos to learn, share and collaborate. Unbelievable things came out of this voyage.

Breaking The Plastic Addiction: TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Deborah Bassett

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: Discovering Ancient Climates in Oceans and Ice

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

TEDTalks

2010-09-13-ted.jpg Rob Dunbar's hunt for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate.

Jeremy Jackson: How We Wrecked the Ocean

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

TEDTalks

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.

Roz Savage: Why I'm Rowing Across the Pacific

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

TEDTalks

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Edith Widder: Glowing Life in an Underwater World

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

TEDTalks

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.

Katherine Goldstein

Jackson Browne VIDEO: Talks Sushi, Sharks And Plastic

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Katherine Goldstein

Glenn Close Talks Seafood, Swimming With Sharks And Saving The Planet

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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 ...

Katherine Goldstein

Fisher Stevens Interview: 'The Cove' Producer Discusses His Next Film

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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 ...

Mission Blue LIVE: Updates From The TED Prize Ocean Conference

Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Revisiting Pandora's Box - Providing 'Hope' for the Ocean

Dan Laffoley | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Laffoley

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.

Are We Loving the Galápagos to Death?

Cecilia Alvear | Posted 05.25.2011

Cecilia Alvear

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."

With Help from Ocean Icons, TED Sets its Sights on Saving the Sea

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Amy Novogratz

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.

Announcing Our Oceans, A Special HuffPost Green Project

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Katherine Goldstein

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.