Our Imperiled Oceans: Victory at Sea

The world's largest protected area, established this year in the remote Pacific, points the way to restoring marine ecosystems
September 2008 | By Christopher Pala

Our Imperiled Oceans: Seeing Is Believing

Photographs and other historical records testify to the former abundance of the sea
September 2008 | By Laura Helmuth

Diving Into the Great Barrier Reef

Beautiful beaches and unrivaled underwater views lure lovers of marine life to the world’s largest coral reef
January 2008 | By T.A. Frail

Navigating the Yangtze River

Dubbed “the wildest, wickedest river,” this 4,000-mile-long waterway has played a major role in Chinese civilization
January 2008 | By T.A. Frail

Water Works

Taking up the family business, Philippe Cousteau campaigns to save our oceans and rivers
October 2007 | By G. Bruce Knecht

Creatures of the Deep!

A new book of photographs taken in the ocean depths reveals a world abounding in unimagined life
October 2007 | By Laura Helmuth

Mystery at Sea

How mercury gets into tuna and other fish in the ocean has scientists searching from the coast to the floor
September 27, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Turning the Tide

Our oceans are in trouble, says Nancy Knowlton. But it's not too late to do something about it
September 24, 2007 | By Cate Lineberry

Deep Trouble

Coral reefs are clearly struggling. The only debate for marine scientists is whether the harm is being done on a local or global scale
September 24, 2007 | By Mark Schrope

Snapshot: Yangtze River

A virtual vacation along China's mighty waterway
September 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

The Pirate Hunters

As buccanneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools work to help protect shipping on the high seas
August 2007 | By Paul Raffaele

India's Holiest City

At Varanasi, Hindu pilgrims come to pray—and to die—along the sacred Ganges River
February 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

R.I.P., Mighty O

A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
November 2006 | By Geoffrey Norman

Glaciologist Puts Her Girls on Ice

October 2006 | By Anne Bolen

Frozen in Time

Glaciers in the Pacific Northwest have recorded hundreds of years of climate history, helping researchers plot how quickly the planet is warming
October 01, 2006 | By Anne Bolen

Glaciologist Erin Pettit Reports from the Field

October 2006 | By Erin Pettit

The "Girls on Ice" Share Their Experiences in the Field

October 01, 2006 | By Smithsonian magazine

A Return to the Reefs

With the world's coral reefs in crisis, the author's childhood memories guide a far-reaching study of the problem in the Bahamas
February 2006 | By Gordon Chaplin

The Dying of the Dead Sea

The ancient salt sea is the site of a looming environmental catastrophe
October 2005 | By Joshua Hammer

Dive Bomber

Underwater archaeologists ready a crashed B-29 for visits by scuba-wearing tourists at the bottom of Lake Mead.
October 2005 | By Julian Smith

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