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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.

Ingredients in many sunscreens are bleaching coral and harming marine life. www.shutterstock.com
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Making a Cleaner, Greener, Environmentally Safe Sunscreen

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President Trump Declares ‘Major Disaster’ for Kilauea Eruption

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Plastic ice bag found by a NOAA expedition to the Marianas in 2016. Image: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
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30-Year Observation of Deep Sea Reveals Just How Bad the Plastic Problem Really Is

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Shane Dorian Lava Big Island Hawaii
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Shane Dorian and Keala Kennelly Weigh in on Recent Devastation in Hawaii

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William Trubridge. Image: Igor Liberti/wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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Risk-Taking, Genetics, and the Strange Link to Obesity and Mental Illness

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How the National Marine Sanctuaries Act Is Meant to Protect Our Oceans

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Lava flow moves in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii, May 6, 2018.
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Lava, Ash Flows, Mudslides and Nasty Gases: Examining Kilauea’s Destruction

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Scientists Have Mapped the Longest Possible Straight-Line Path Around the Earth Without Touching Land

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Blooms of algae, like this growth in 2015 in Lake St. Clair between Michigan and Ontario, promote the formation of dead zones. Image: NASA Earth Observatory, CC BY
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Dead Zones: a Global Water Pollution Challenge That Needs Way More Attention

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A pelagic snail ensnares food with with a mucous web.
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Meet the Ocean Creatures That Use a Mucus Mesh to Catch Their Food

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Hawaii to Become First State to Ban Sunscreens That Harm Coral Reefs

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Finnish Environmental Group Raising Money to Carve Trump’s Face Into Iceberg

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Belinda Baggs, Kimi Werner, and Wayne Lynch Explore Destruction of the Great Barrier Reef

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Check Out These Insane Images of Sharks Feeding off the Coast of New South Wales

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The Australian government has pledged A$500 million to try and save the Great Barrier Reef. Image: Great Barrier Reef Foundation
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Australian Government Pledges A$500 Million to Try and Save the Great Barrier Reef

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Michael Wenzel (back) and Robert Lee “Bo” Benac (front) have been identified as two of the men allegedly behind a video that went viral of a boat dragging a shark at high speed. Photo: Facebook
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Charges Dropped Against One of the Men Accused in Horrific Shark-Dragging Incident

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New Study of Giant Dead Zone Gulf of Oman Returns With Grim Findings

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Researchers are finding plastics in fish in freshwater ecosystems. Image: Shutterstock
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Microplastics Are Polluting Much More Than Just Our Oceans

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Collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska, at the edge of the Beaufort Sea. Coastal bluffs in this region can erode 20 meters a year (around 65 feet).
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Here’s How the Evidence Changed a Climate Change Skeptic’s Mind

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