Welcome
National Geographic's Ocean Now is a project to study the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean. Follow along as Dr. Enric Sala and the a team of scientists as they explore the pristine waters of their most recent destination: Cocos Island.
From the Blog
Monday, December 7, 2009 / 09:14am
Calling All Kids: Make a Flag for the Oceans
National Geographic Kids has partnered up with some of the worlds best-known marine explorers on a contest to design the official flag for the next Ocean Now expedition. Read More
Friday, November 27, 2009 / 09:22am
60 Minutes Dives Deep With Robert Ballard
Sunday night, the popular CBS news program 60 Minutes plans to profile pioneering oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard. Read More
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / 11:17am
Sylvia Earle's Blue World
Fresh from her dives at Cocos and Las Gemelas, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle appears tonight with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, where shell discuss her new book, The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Oceans Are One. Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009 / 10:31am
A Message of Hope
We have returned to mainland Costa Rica, after three amazing weeks at Cocos Island and Las Gemelas seamounts. What have we learned? Read More
Monday, September 28, 2009 / 01:48pm
The Pirate's Cove
Through the years, many visitors to Cocos Island have carved their names into large stones on the beach at Chatham Bay. Read More
Video
Four Men, 500 Hooks
Enric and the team leave Cocos in search of the biggest threat to our ocean.
More Ocean
Exploration
Robert Ballard
Marine Archaeology and Deep-Sea Exploration Read More
Flag Contest
for Kids
Design a Flag
Enter the National Geographic Kids ocean flag contest and your design could fly on an Ocean Now expedition in 2010.
