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All but two of the Adelie penguin chicks died in the East Antarctica colony. Photo: Nat Geo
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Thousands of Penguin Chicks Starved to Death In East Antarctica

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Aerial view of the polynya in the Southern Ocean. Credit: Jan Lieser, ACE CRC, Australia
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A Hole the Size of Switzerland Just Opened Up Antarctica’s Sea Ice

3 min read
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Somebody Just Created a Simple ‘Trash Picker’ They’re Attaching to All Their SUP Paddles

2 min read
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6 Ways Portland Is Leading the Green City Movement

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Andrew Sneddon, center, of Coastal Playground, accepts trash collected by volunteers during the California Coastal Cleanup Day at Huntington State Beach on Saturday, September 16, 2017.
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Orange County Beach Cleanup Rakes Up 70,000 Pounds of Garbage

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That's eerie, isn't it? Image: Landsat 8/NASA/NOAA
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Lake Erie Has Turned Very, Very Green, and It’s Not a Good Thing

3 min read
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Martins Beach Is Finally (Sort of) Open; This Is Surfrider’s Reaction

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I was especially excited to surf at Refugio during the oil spill. That was awesome. Photo: Joshua Shelly
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How Ocean Protection Has (or Hasn’t) Changed from Obama’s to Trump’s Presidencies

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Mark Healey swimming with a tiger in Baja Mexico. Photo: Team Effort Films
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Sharktober Is a Real Thing in Hawaii, but What Does it Mean?

3 min read
Salt flows down rivers to the ocean.
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I Have Always Wondered: Why Is the Sea Salty?

4 min read
Thousands of evacuees have been urged to return to their homes before Mount Agung has erupted. Image: Screenshot
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Indonesian Authorities Urge Thousands to Return Home Despite Imminent Volcano Eruption

3 min read
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Radiohead and Hans Zimmer Collab on an Ocean-Inspired Track for New BBC Nature Series

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Biblical or science?
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It Just Rained Fish In Mexico

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Sure, solar is great. But it's not enough on its own.
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Solar Power Alone Won’t Solve Energy or Climate Needs

6 min read
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Why Santiago, Chile’s Immense Smog Problem Should Concern All Of Us

6 min read
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This Ship Is Getting People Into the Best Waves of Their Lives While Saving the World

4 min read
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Plastic Pollution Now So Bad Scientists Say it’s Floating in the Arctic

3 min read
The Clever Buoy Shark Mitigation System.
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Newport Beach, California Wants To Spearhead $1M Shark Attack Prevention Pilot Program

3 min read
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How My High School Best Friend Started Making Environmentally-Friendly Soft Tops for Kids

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