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Oceans

Interconnection: Roundup of Session 4 on the Mission Blue Voyage

Rob Dunbar: We need ocean targets for climate change. Most oceanographers say 450 CO2 is too high. Stephen Palumbi: “We’re makin...

Apr 9, 2010
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Music

Singing old poems to life: Natalie Merchant on TED.com

Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, Leave Your Sleep. Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable voice...

Apr 9, 2010
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Today: One Day Without Shoes

An initiative of TOMS Shoes, One Day Without Shoes is a day to spread awareness about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’...

Apr 8, 2010
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Inside the Library of Human Imagination

In 2008, a few of the astonishing objects from Jay Walker‘s Library of Human Imagination provided the backdrop to the TED main stage &...

Apr 8, 2010
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Oceans

Your ideas for saving the ocean

We asked our Twitter fans on @missionblue to share their ideas for saving the ocean. Here’s a sampling of what they replied: @galapa_g...

Apr 8, 2010
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Oceans

Protection: Roundup of Session 3 on the Mission Blue Voyage

Kristina Gjerde: How do we monitor the open ocean? Using technology from space exploration. Barton Seaver: Just because there’s cod at...

Apr 8, 2010
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Oceans

Vulnerability: Roundup of Session 2 on the Mission Blue Voyage

Barbara Block: We know very little about tuna. It’s the 21st century but we really have just begun studying the oceans. Brian Skerry: ...

Apr 8, 2010
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Biology

Every pollen grain has a story: Jonathan Drori on TED.com

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes — an...

Apr 8, 2010
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Oceans

Wednesday morning orcas: Mission Blue

As attendees of the Mission Blue Voyage were having their breakfast, they were treated to one of the rarer sightings in the Galapagos &#8212...

Apr 7, 2010
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