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A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

Personal Perspectives

Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...

August 2015

The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.

Personal Perspectives

Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...

July 2014

A puffin with a mouthful of fish.

Personal Perspectives

Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...

November 2013