State of the Planet

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  • No Longer Just ‘Girl Talk’

    No Longer Just ‘Girl Talk’

    Fifth graders commemorate pioneering mapmaker Marie Tharp using comics, pictures, and poems.

  • Mapping the Most Mysterious Planet of All: Earth

    Mapping the Most Mysterious Planet of All: Earth

    For her work toward charting the global ocean floor, scientist Vicki Ferrini has been named by the Explorer Club as one of 50 people changing the world.

  • Project Aims to Map World’s Oceans by 2030

    Project Aims to Map World’s Oceans by 2030

    More than 85 percent of the ocean floor remains unmapped, leaving us in the dark about much of the earth’s topography. A global, non-profit effort will try to remedy that, and influence everything from climate research and weather prediction to mineral resource exploration and fisheries.

  • The Floor of the Ocean Comes into Better Focus

    The Floor of the Ocean Comes into Better Focus

    The bottom of the ocean just keeps getting better. Or at least more interesting to look at.

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  • No Longer Just ‘Girl Talk’

    No Longer Just ‘Girl Talk’

    Fifth graders commemorate pioneering mapmaker Marie Tharp using comics, pictures, and poems.

  • Mapping the Most Mysterious Planet of All: Earth

    Mapping the Most Mysterious Planet of All: Earth

    For her work toward charting the global ocean floor, scientist Vicki Ferrini has been named by the Explorer Club as one of 50 people changing the world.

  • Project Aims to Map World’s Oceans by 2030

    Project Aims to Map World’s Oceans by 2030

    More than 85 percent of the ocean floor remains unmapped, leaving us in the dark about much of the earth’s topography. A global, non-profit effort will try to remedy that, and influence everything from climate research and weather prediction to mineral resource exploration and fisheries.

  • The Floor of the Ocean Comes into Better Focus

    The Floor of the Ocean Comes into Better Focus

    The bottom of the ocean just keeps getting better. Or at least more interesting to look at.