Tracks on the Ocean Exhibition_The Van de Veldes As founding director of Cornell

As founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute

The colourful print features a blue whale on a green and blue background

comets and stars

Rowan Wright shines a light on existing international laws intended to keep marine environments safe that could underpin this new strategy

The Halo is an 18-metre diameter sculpture illuminated by hundreds of bright LED lights

Tracks on the Ocean Exhibition_The Van de Veldes As founding director of CornellIn Tracks on the Ocean, Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps and how journey lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world. From Captain Cook's route across the South Seas to the disorientating power of digital technology, the tracks we've left on the oceans trading, exploring and conquering are a hidden record of humanity's impact on the planet. Revealing their histories, Caputo uncovers a