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  • The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep Sea Life

    The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep Sea Life

    as excerpted from “The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep-Sea Life” by Stacy Alaimo. Shared w/permission to World Ocean Forum
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    World Ocean Forum
    Mar 25
    From Now to Then, From Here to There

    From Now to Then, From Here to There

    From Climate Misconceptions to Sustainable Solutions
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    World Ocean Forum
    Mar 7
    Multisolving

    Multisolving

    Promises and Obstacles
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    World Ocean Forum
    Jan 30
    Eudaemonism: A Word for the Ocean

    Eudaemonism: A Word for the Ocean

    As a collector of words, this one — eudaemonism — caught my fancy: defined as a system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood…
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    World Ocean Forum
    Jan 29
    The workhorse ship of ocean drilling may have made its last voyage — here’s why scientists don’t…

    The workhorse ship of ocean drilling may have made its last voyage ...

    The National Science Foundation says that the JOIDES Resolution has become too costly to fund. But scientists say its $72 million annual…
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    The Conversation U.S.
    Jan 2
    A Credo for the World Ocean

    A Credo for the World Ocean

    Pick one thing that you think should and can be done, within your place and your capacity, and pursue it with relentless intensity using…
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    World Ocean Forum
    Dec 20, 2024
    Sharks and rays leap out of the water for many reasons, including feeding, courtship and…

    Sharks and rays leap out of the water for many reasons, including f...

    Breaching is one of the most spectacular behaviors among marine animals. A recent review shows that many shark and ray species breach, and…
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    The Conversation U.S.
    Oct 31, 2024
    Unmanned War at Sea

    Unmanned War at Sea

    The face of warfare is changing quickly, especially as it pertains to the unseen and largely un-monitored high seas. With a world…
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    World Ocean Forum
    Oct 30, 2024
    Right Whales Thrive When We Finally See Climate Change as a Symptom of Place-based Problems

    Right Whales Thrive When We Finally See Climate Change as a Symptom...

    My first experience with a right whale was as a college student alone on the deck of a twenty-seven-foot sailboat. Suddenly, beside me was…
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    Rob Moir
    Sep 10, 2024
    Did the China Investigation Have Impact?

    Did the China Investigation Have Impact?

    In large measure, yes. But in some ways, no.
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    World Ocean Forum
    Aug 7, 2024
    What is World Ocean Day Meant to Do?

    What is World Ocean Day Meant to Do?

    The ocean will serve us well, forever, if only we demand, now, to serve it better.
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    World Ocean Forum
    Jun 7, 2024
    American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644–1865 by…

    American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commer...

    A Sea of Words: Lincoln Paine reviews
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    World Ocean Forum
    Mar 13, 2024
    The Voyage of Sorcerer II

    The Voyage of Sorcerer II

    The Expedition That Unlocked the Secrets of the Ocean’s Microbiome by Craig Venter and David Ewing Duncan
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    World Ocean Forum
    Jan 25, 2024
    “Clotilda”: The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship

    “Clotilda”: The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship

    Jan 3, 2024 by Lincoln Paine, A Sea of Words
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    World Ocean Forum
    Jan 8, 2024
    Norwegian parliament reaches agreement on deep-sea mining in the Arctic

    Norwegian parliament reaches agreement on deep-sea mining in the Ar...

    Climate change used to be the reason to stop Arctic extraction. Now, as deep sea mining in Norway advances, it is given as the reason to…
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    Dec 21, 2023
    Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

    Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Ice...

    a new book by Margaret Willson as reviewed by Lincoln Paine
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    World Ocean Forum
    Dec 14, 2023
    100% FISH

    100% FISH

    How Smart Seafood Companies Make Better Use of Resources
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    World Ocean Forum
    Nov 9, 2023
    A New AMERICAN CLIMATE CORPS

    A New AMERICAN CLIMATE CORPS

    Will it do the Job?
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    World Ocean Forum
    Oct 18, 2023
    Marine Bacteria as an Ocean Solution?

    Marine Bacteria as an Ocean Solution?

    By combining key traits of two bacterial species, a research team at NCState created a novel bug capable of breaking down plastics in salty…
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    Sep 29, 2023
    Evolution and Bridging the Sustainable Finance Gap

    Evolution and Bridging the Sustainable Finance Gap

    By Markus H.-P. Müller September 25, 2023 For Global Policy Journal
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    World Ocean Forum
    Sep 27, 2023
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