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Environment

When Good Waves Go Rogue

Even in calm seas, waves can become monsters.

June 25, 2014

The Man Who Delayed D-Day

The eminent oceanographer Walter Munk reflects on science and war.

June 25, 2014

Six Pictures of Paradise

I was puzzled by the artist’s photographs of my home in the Amazon—then I looked again.

June 9, 2014

Voice of the Ocean

Sylvia Earle addresses the state of our seas.

March 28, 2014

Best of 2013: Ingenious: Peter Ward

Call the daring marine biologist and paleontologist “Professor Nautilus.”

January 2, 2014

The Racehorse on the Runway

The hybrid ecologies of Frankfurt Airport show us how homes and borders intersect.