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Marine litter is mostly plastic and is all set to triple by 2040
Did you know that 9-14 million tonnes of plastic ended up in oceans by 2016, forming 60-90 per cent…
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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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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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'Queen of the ocean': 2-ton great white shark captured off the coast of Nova Scotia by marine researchers
The grandmother shark, measuring more than 17 feet long, is believed to be approximately 50 years o…
Sophia Ankel
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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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4 Theories On Why The Massive Amount Of Plastic Littering The Ocean Surface Is Disappearing
The ocean is full of zooplankton-eating mesopelagic fish, or fish that live between 200 and 1,000 f…
Leslie Baehr
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I was born and raised in Honolulu. Here are 7 things I wish tourists knew before they visited Hawaii.
As a Honolulu local, this is what I wish people knew about before they visited Hawaii, from importa…
Jennifer Adams
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Amazon is trying to eliminate plastic that doesn't get recycled. It's actually making some progress.
Amazon is using a paper filler made from 100% recycled material instead, which customers can recycl…
Catherine Boudreau
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I bought an abandoned house and tried to renovate it but failed. I'll never buy another fixer-upper.
Karie Fugett purchased a dilapidated house in Oregon with plans to achieve the American Dream. The …
Karie Fugett
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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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Russians destroyed a Ukrainian villager's beloved vinyl collection. The internet decided to replace them all.
Russian occupiers destroyed this Ukrainian man's treasured vinyl collection. The internet is trying…
Mia Jankowicz
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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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All the 'Virgin River' books, in order
"Virgin River" season 6 is coming. But while you wait, you can check out the series of books by Rob…
Esme Mazzeo
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A $520,000 apartment in Northern California that's been sloppily converted from an old office is being labeled 'soul-crushing' in a viral TikTok
"I think living here might be just as soul-crushing — if not more soul-cruishing — than…
Geoff Weiss
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World Oceans Day: Plum Goodness joins hands with WWF India to clean coastlines across four Indian states
Marine debris — any persistent, solid substance in the marine and coastal environment — damages aqu…
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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in across India as the country recognises the choking impacts of plastic waste on the environment
India generates nearly one crore tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which around 35 lakh tonnes r…
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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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After my daughter made me stop the car to pick up trash so an animal wouldn't eat it, I realized adults need to clean up their own mess
The author says adults need to be responsible for the mess they are leaving younger generations.
Sari Fordham
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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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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…