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Environment

The Mantis Shrimp Is the Ocean’s Coolest Predator

7 min read
The middle of the ocean. Who would have thought you'd end up here? Photo: Shutterstock
Environment

First ‘Comprehensive Map of Ocean’ Declares Only 13% Can Now Be Classified As Wilderness

3 min read
This Shark Week, Kevin O'Leary from ABC's Shark Tank, sports a different kind of suit. Photo: Discovery
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For 30th Anniversary, Shark Week and Shark Tank Will Team Up to Fund Conservation Efforts

3 min read
A group in San Clemente pushed a 6-foot Great White back into the ocean after it was caught by an angler. Photo: Instagram
Environment

Watch: Group Releases 6-Foot Great White After Being Caught off San Clemente

2 min read
Environment

What’s the Value of a Clean Beach? Here’s How Economists Do the Numbers

7 min read
Environment

New York Times Columnist Blasts Recent Hollister Ranch Settlement

3 min read
Ocean acidification
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New Study Finds Ocean Acidification Will Soon Hit Levels We Haven’t Seen in 14 Million Years

4 min read
prosthetic limbs from ocean plastic
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This Couple Uses Ocean Plastic and a 3D Printer to Make Fully Functional Prosthetic Limbs for $45

2 min read
Scott Pruitt greenwashing
Environment

When Corporations Take Credit for Green Deeds, Their Lobbying May Tell Another Story

6 min read
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Marriott Joins List of 8 Recent Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations Eliminating Plastic Straws

2 min read
Bg Sur, PCH, road, open, early
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PCH Finally Reopens Through Big Surf After Year-Long Closure Following Horrific Mudslides

2 min read
Environment

Anti-Oil Protests Intensify in Portugal as Activists Scatter ‘Dirty Oil Money’ on Floor of Ministry of Environment

2 min read
Environment

These Waves of Trash in the DR Are a Horrible Portrait of the World’s Plastic Epidemic

2 min read
whale shark eating plastic in ocean
Environment

A Surprising Study: Not All Fish Eat Plastic

6 min read
Dead blue whale in iceland
Environment

Icelandic Whale Hunters Accused of Killing Endangered Blue Whale

3 min read
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California Beaches Predicted to Erode ’31 to 67 Percent’ by 2100

3 min read
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These 3-D Printed Prosthetic Hands Are Made With Plastic Found on the Beach

2 min read
Environment

8 Things a 3-Week Road Trip Taught Me About Eliminating Plastic Waste From Daily Life

5 min read
Environment

Starbucks Announces It Will Be Strawless By 2020, Eliminating 1 Billion Plastic Straws Per Year

3 min read