LOST at Sea
While sharks, elephant seals, and Pacific bluefin tuna on the great predator highway don’t carry passports, or care about sovereignty, the humans in Washington should care about the languishing Law of the Sea treaty.
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Is Dusk Descending on Aquarius Seabase?
The author of the new book SEALAB: America’s Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor writes that the world’s only undersea base may be wrapping up its last-ever mission as U.S. funding favors unmanned undersea exploration.
The Hunt to Catch the Giant Squid–On Film
A team that includes Japanese scientists, the Discovery Channel, and a 185-foot private yacht is lurking 550 miles south of Tokyo in search of Architeuthis dux, the giant squid.
Species Disappearing Faster Than We Can Count
We are losing species, by some counts, at a rate of more than 25,000 a year, which is a lot faster than we are discovering them.
Electric Forecast Calls for Increasing Blackouts
From falling investment to falling deer, America's power grid is falling down. A lack of political will and willingness to rely on Band-Aids may doom efforts to improve the nation's power infrastructure.
Is Driving One of the Tiniest Cars in the World In Your Future?
A minuscule car that folds up to just 60 inches, made by MIT's media lab, will be deployed in cities around the world for neighborly sharing.
Freeing Tangled Leviathans: The Whale Wrangler
The world’s largest animals get snarled in every kind of sea gear that has rope—mooring lines, gillnets, shrimp pots, anchors. Scott Landry figures out how to wrestle them free.
Our Streets Aren’t Hard Enough (to Save Fuel)
The roads are getting some heat for their interactions with our tires. The problem? Pavement has gone soft—or…
Just Planting Trees Won’t Stop March of Deserts
On the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, we look at two pioneering ways to stave off the loss of fertile land by challenging the conventional wisdom of merely planting more trees.
Gulf Coast Oil Platforms: Save the Rigs?
A federal program urges the fast removal of “idle iron” oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. But in an unexpected twist, some environmentalists want the rigs to remain as a home for fish.