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Here's what happens when US Marines storm an enemy beach
On Thursday, US Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked on a training exercise, ca…
Paul Szoldra
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Norway and Rwanda are leading a coalition working to eliminate plastic pollution. The US isn't a part — for now.
Norway and Rwanda launched a "high-ambition" coalition of 20 countries that will work to end plasti…
Catherine Boudreau
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Videos showing potential Russian war crimes flood social media, 'overwhelming' human rights experts rushing to document them
Human rights researchers fear social-media companies will delete evidence of war crimes for violati…
Connor Perrett
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Hawaii lawmakers just approved a measure to fine people $500 for intentionally releasing balloons into the atmosphere
Supporters of the measure say it will decrease the pollution that is harmful to the state's marine …
Connor Perrett
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What's killing the sea lions on some of America's safest beaches?
California's Central Coast had hundreds of dead marine mammals wash ashore this season, suffering f…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A trash-eating water drone is about to clean the busiest port in Europe
But it's the bigger Waste Shark, which Port Technology reports is about the size of a passenger car…
Clinton Nguyen
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During his White House speech, Matthew McConaughey displayed the shoes of a girl killed in the Texas school shooting green high-tops that were used to identify her body
"Maite wore green high-top Converse with a heart she had hand-drawn on the right toe because they r…
Cheryl Teh
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19 types of pollution you might encounter every day that could hurt your health, from radioactive toxins to cancer-causing chemicals
Burning fossil fuels like oil and natural gas, for instance, emits harmful air pollutants like benz…
Aylin Woodward
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What happens to sharks, dolphins, alligators, and other marine life during a hurricane? Experts explain why the storm's aftermath is often more deadly
Hurricanes bring wind and rain, but it's often environmental effects, such as freshwater flooding, …
Jenny McGrath
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An edible straw made of seaweed could soon replace polluting plastic straws
Though Loliware isn't the first company to ppropose an compostable alternative to plastic straws, B…
Aria Bendix
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An influencer has apologized after she left graffiti on ancient chalk cliffs
Influencer Alexandra Milam's handle was spotted among hundreds of tags on Durdle Door, ancient chal…
Anneta Konstantinides
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In some countries, people face jail time for using plastic bags. Here are all the places that have banned plastic bags and straws so far.
Plastic bags that wind up in the ocean entangle and kill roughly 100,000 marine mammals each year. …
Aylin Woodward
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We've now found microplastics on the very highest and lowest points on Earth. Mount Everest is littered with them.
Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic pollution that never break down. They're scattered acro…
Aylin Woodward
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A Group Of Guys Are Sailing 500 Miles On A Boat They Built From Plastic Bottles
In the Czech town of Nymburk, two young men grew tired of the relentless pollution in Europe and ac…
Christina Sterbenz
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These are the US troops that lost their lives during the terror attack in Kabul
Thirteen US service members were killed at the Kabul airport on Thursday in a deadly ISIS-K suicide…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Erin …
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High-powered satellites have made blue-carbon credits a reality. But they still face accuracy and scalability issues.
Credits linked to the capture of carbon in the world's waters offer huge promise, but field researc…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Tiny pellets called 'nurdles' are leeching into the ocean. A new Shell plant could produce 80 trillion of them a year.
Manufacturing companies use nurdles to make virgin plastic - plastic that hasn't previously been re…