Sep 26 Expanding marine sanctuary is meant to save ocean from mass extinction By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy President Barack Obama pledged Thursday to expand the largest ocean sanctuary to 490,000 square miles, six times its current size. The PBS NewsHour has been following how ocean acidification has impacted marine life and the Americans who depend on them. Continue reading
Jul 27 Planning to sink: What happens if Kiribati drowns? By Molly Ward In June, the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati purchased nearly 6,000 acres of land on a Fijian island to potentially serve as refuge for citizens forced to relocate as rising sea levels make the country unlivable. Continue reading
Jun 14 World’s largest ocean may lie below the ocean floor By Hari Sreenivasan, Vic Pasquantonio A study in Science reveals that a massive reservoir of water -- in its molecular form -- may lie hundreds of miles below the earth’s surface and may hold more water than the earth’s oceans. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Blue Mussels Clean and Protect New York Harbor Rebuilding mussel beds and marshes offer natural protection and clean the water. Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch As Goes Maine? A Tidal Energy Project Powers Up Maine company deploys nation’s first commercial, grid connected tidal energy project. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Halliburton Admits Destroying Evidence in ‘Grim Sorting Out’ of Gulf Spill Blame Halliburton Admits Destroying Evidence in 'Grim Sorting Out' of Gulf Spill Blame… Continue watching
Oct 29 Hurricane Sandy Hits Mid-Atlantic By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Hurricane Sandy, which is being called a "superstorm", began bearing down on the East Coast of the United States on Monday. Cities in New York, Delware and New Jersey saw flooding before the hurricane made landfall. These photos follow Sandy's… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Under the Sea Near Antarctica, ‘a Riot of Life’ Discovered in Super-Heated Water Scientists discovered many new species on the floor of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica -- something they're describing as a "riot of life." Jeffrey Brown speaks with former oceanographer Mark Schrope about the newest known species of sea life found… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Hurricane Irene’s Cost May Hit $7B as Pricey East Coast Cleanup Begins Hurricane Irene's death toll reached at least 38 Monday as cleanup crews from North Carolina to New England continued to pick up after the storm amid ongoing flooding. Gwen Ifill discusses the storm's impact and the cost of the government's… Continue watching
Jun 03 Could studying seawater saltiness be key to decoding the climate puzzle? By Jenny Marder A satellite slated to launch into space next week will study the saltiness of the oceans, and, scientists hope, provide a better grasp of extreme weather events. Continue reading