Hell or Salt Water
Fishing in the Museum Archives: The Specimens You Won't Often See on Display
One curator is championing the underdog of museum collections: fossil fish.
The Robots That Dare to Explore Antarctica's Frozen Ocean
In 2008, Stacy Kim arrived in Antarctica to search for life in one of the most inaccessible places on the planet: under the continent's permanent ice shelves.
We Talked to Shane Carruth About the Human Drama Behind ‘The Modern Ocean’
The man who made films about self-storage time machines and mind-melding pig worms wants to tell you about the hidden drama of everyday freight ship workers.
The Sneeze That Could Wipe Out Hawaii’s Seals
Scientists are preparing for an outbreak that could cause an apocalypse for a critically endangered species.
The Plan to Give Every Ocean Species a Genetic Barcode
A wildly ambitious plan made even more difficult beneath the waves.
Internet of Islands
Global internet infrastructure has created an imbalance of power, and it's due for a reckoning.
There Aren't Many Underwater Games, but 'Subnautica' Proves That's a Mistake
Games, in general, invest much more resources in space exploration than ocean exploration, just like in the real world.
How Freedivers Hack Their Own Bodies to Go Without Air
What happens when you hold your breath underwater—and how to delay that process.
The Backbone of the Internet Could Detect Earthquakes, But No One's Using It
Almost 1 million kilometers of telecom cables cover the ocean floor, but they’re “deaf, blind and dumb” to their environment.
That Time the Navy Used the Grateful Dead's Amps to Listen to Soviet Subs
It's a curious, heady bit of Cold War-era intrigue. I had to get to the bottom of it.
Deep Sea, Shallow Pockets
Federal funding for science research has decreased and ocean explorers have a particularly hard time stretching out the ever-shrinking piece of the pie.
Underwater Agriculture: The Scuba Divers Growing Crops in Bubbles Under the Sea
A scuba diving company in Italy wants to create a garden under the sea.