56: Ocean Dead Zones
Human behavior on land has no more dramatic example of the catastrophic results in the ocean than the dead zone—large coastal areas so polluted by runoff and starved of oxygen that they cannot support marine life. There are more than 400 such hypoxic zones on the planet (a number that’s doubled since 1960.) Other coastal dead zones are located in the Gulf of Mexico (at the mouth of the Mississippi River,) the Kattegat Sea in Norway, the Pacific Northwest, and the Chesapeake Bay.
WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER 2021
With a game capable of reaching a global audience, WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER can expand interest in ocean issues and habitats, and excite students about the infinite possibilities associated with ocean exploration. LEARN MORE.
OUTLAW OCEAN MUSIC PROJECT:
A CROSSOVER BETWEEN MUSIC & JOURNALISM
Take your pick: listen to ambient tracks, classical, electronic or hiphop. All music in this project is based on THE OUTLAW OCEAN, a New York Times best-selling book by Ian Urbina that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world. The reporting touches on a diversity of abuses ranging from illegal and overfishing, arms trafficking at sea, human slavery, gun-running, intentional dumping, murder of stowaways, thievery of ships, and other topics. The music is an act of solidarity across geography and language, and an attempt at storytelling from written word to music. It is a captivating collection of inspired songs ranging from classical to hip hop.
