Ocean Stories – Digital Ocean

Data Stories Project: The Economics of Sea Level Rise

Digital Ocean is excited to announce the launch of our Data Stories Project. We believe that it is more important than ever to support our stories with data and research, yet often the data behind academic research is in inaccessible formats for ocean storytellers. Numbers can tell a very powerful story, but only if they are put into context.

Students Saving the Ocean Documentary Project

In 2009, Digital Ocean embarked on its first big project: a feature length documentary called Students Saving the Ocean. This project highlighted programs around the Bay Area, where Digital Ocean is based, that teach students about the oceans.

Helping Communities Protect Coral Reefs

On Fana and Merir Islands in South West Palau, the local communities know that prevention of illegal fishing is the most important, immediate step toward bringing about healthy coral reefs, productive turtle and bird nesting areas, and thriving island ecosystems for their communities.

Blue Marbles Project

In 2013, Digital Ocean partnered with Wallace J. Nichols’ Blue Marbles Project in pursuit of the goal to pass a blue marble through the hands of every person on earth and share a simple message of gratitude for our little blue planet.

Passing of the Blue Marble

Recently I was lucky enough to become familiar with the Blue Marbles Project. The best part was I did not read about it online or hear about it on a podcast, I got to witness the passing of a blue marble, first hand.

Ben’s Blue Marble Story: Ocean Mitzvah

Hi. My name is Ben, and I live in Danville, California. As a Jewish boy approaching his Bar Mitzvah, I needed to begin to write my D’var Torah, or Torah interpretation. But I needed to know what I was going to write it about. The options were endless. Some people compare their Torah portion to their daily lives; some get way off topic and talk about their garage band; some focus on the literal interpretation of a single word. So ...

An Underwater Blue Marble in the Dominican Republic

Photo taken in ‘Las Mellizas, Estereo Hondo’, Dominican Republic. I was assisting a very passionate Marine Biologist in collecting coral fragments to transplant for his coral nursery. I tugged the blue marble under the wrist in my wet-suit. This site was so beautiful – unlike any other reef I had visited in the D.R. My mom always said the ocean was my first love, so there I was, in bliss.