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We’re passionate about protecting our playgrounds and the critical threats to our natural world are seemingly everywhere. Understanding an issue is the first step to fixing it, and we help you to understand the issues facing the planet today.

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Environment

The Real Border Crisis Is the 20 Million Gallons of Sewage Entering the Ocean Per Day

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UC Berkeley’s Surfrider Wants to Change the Game of Beer Pong Forever

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Alligator eaten by giant isopods
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Researchers Dropped a Dead Alligator a Mile Deep Into the Ocean and What Happened Is Fascinatingly Creepy

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Phytoplankton under a microscope
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Here’s How a Microscopic Ocean Organism Helps Control the Earth’s Temperature

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A surfer skims along on a longboard.
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Do Surfers Live More Sustainably Than Non-Surfers? A Scripps Scientist Aims to Find Out

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Oil-Eating Microbes Were Just Found in the Ocean that Could Be Used to Clean Spills

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American Express is pioneering the first credit card made of upcycled ocean plastic, available later this year. Photo: American Express
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American Express Planning to Introduce the First Ocean Plastic Credit Card

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Water quality and surf reports from Amazon Alexa
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This Surfrider Chapter Developed an Amazon Alexa Skill For Announcing Water Quality and Surf Reports

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The 2018 Statistic of the Year is 90.5 percent. It's the share of plastic in our world that's never been recycled and is taking its toll on the environment. Photo: NOAA
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New Study: Ocean Plastic Pollution Costs the Planet $2.5 Billion Annually

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Gulper eel in Hawaii
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These Researchers Found the Weirdest Creature in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

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Four-legged whales
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New Research Finds Four-Legged Whales Once Roamed Land and Sea

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The Ocean Cleanup Plans to ‘Relaunch In the Patch Within Months’

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Coral bleaching
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Bleaching Has Struck the Southernmost Coral Reef in the World

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Boyan Slat from The Ocean Cleanup
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Boyan Slat Explains Exactly What Went Wrong With System 001

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A dead dolphin found in French waters by Sea Shepherd members.
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1,100 Mutilated Dead Dolphins Have Washed Up in France Since January

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Scientists Will Use Ocean Water for DNA Samples
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U.N. Report Says Global Climate Change Impacts Accelerated in 2018

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Korey Nolan built a surfboard out of over 700 Dunkin' Donuts cups. Photo: Instagram
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A New Hampshire Man Made a Surfboard Out of Over 700 Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Cups

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A one-year-old gray whale washed up on the beach at County Line. Its cause of death is still unknown. Photo: Joe Rickabaugh
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Dead One-Year-Old Whale Washed Up on Malibu Beach; Cause of Death Unknown

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Plastic bag in the ocean
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Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Can Backfire

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