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The Time Millions Of Legos Fell Into The Ocean And Washed Up On Beaches

Today in 1997, a container ship ran into a massive wave off the coast of Cornwall, in southwest England. Close to 4.8 million Legos went overboard, and ever since that day, they've been washing up on beaches all over.

Egg Whites Are Helping Get Microplastics Out Of The Ocean

Taking plastic out of the ocean is hard, especially when it comes to microplastics. Now there’s a study out of Princeton that says we can get some help in that effort from egg whites.

The HMS Challenger Expedition Showed The World What Ocean Life Was Really Like

The HMS Challenger spent years studying the world's oceans and the creatures that call them home. Today in 1875, the mission made one of its most astonishing discoveries.

A Robot Seacraft Is Exploring The Ocean For A Few Years

It's called the Intrepid Benthic Rover II, and its five year (or more) mission is to explore the deep ocean, most of the time by itself.

Earth Has Five Oceans Now, But Also Just One Ocean, It’s Complicated

The National Geographic Society has recognized a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, on earth. How the oceans got their names - and why we don't think of them as one big ocean, which is what it is - is a long and fascinating story.

That’s No Moon, It’s An Underwater “Space Station”

Fabien Cousteau is looking to build PROTEUS, a 4,000 square foot underwater research station that has research facilities, a multimedia production studio and an underwater greenhouse.