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We need a different approach to using plastics

Japan still making mistakes in clean-up of Fukushima ten years on

Cynthia heads to Norway to get acoustical samples

Ecopliant presents great basic  information as to why we can't recycle plastics.

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Cynthia heads to Norway to get acoustical samples

Japan still making mistakes in clean-up of Fukushima ten years on

Cynthia heads to Norway to get acoustical samples

Team Sedna spent a week aboard the MV Freya, snorkeling with orcas and humpbacks during the winter herring run and undertaking scientific research.

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Japan still making mistakes in clean-up of Fukushima ten years on

Japan still making mistakes in clean-up of Fukushima ten years on

Japan still making mistakes in clean-up of Fukushima ten years on

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has had to store 1.23 million tons of the toxic stuff in 1,044 gigantic water tanks. These are truly staggering numbers, and TEPCO anticipates it’ll run out of room for new tanks by 2022.

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Cynthia's Sedna Expedition @ Sally Ride/UCSD

The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

Japan still making mistakes in clean-up of Fukushima ten years on

Great Article by sallyridescience.ucsd.edu explaining Cynthia's Sedna trip to the Arctic.

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Ocean Acidification Is Damaging Shark Scales

The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

This higher acidity has already been found to damage the calcium carbonate in corals and other animals with calcium-based structures. The research team examined whether the more acidic seawater is also affecting sharks.

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The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it's dissolving Dungeness crabs' shells

The Pacific Ocean is becoming more acidic, and the cash-crabs that live in its coastal waters are some of its first inhabitants to feel its effects.

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Neon colors may help some corals

If recycling plastics isn’t making sense, remake the plastics

Newest Geohack to fight climate change

Neon colors may help some corals stage a comeback from bleaching - Coral pigments act as a sunscreen and may make a more hospitable home for returning algae

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Newest Geohack to fight climate change

If recycling plastics isn’t making sense, remake the plastics

Newest Geohack to fight climate change

Project Vesta is conducting an experiment by spreading a green mineral on beaches, where its interaction with the waves will pull carbon from the air.

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If recycling plastics isn’t making sense, remake the plastics

If recycling plastics isn’t making sense, remake the plastics

Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

The absence of a market for recycled plastics, however, has also inspired researchers to look at other ways of using them. Two papers this week have looked into processes that enable "upcycling," or converting the plastics into materials that can be more valuable than the freshly made plastics themselves.

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Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

At least half of the world’s killer whale populations are doomed to extinction due to toxic and persistent pollution of the oceans, according to a major new study.

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Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

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After decades of damning reports, bleak images, and depressing headlines, one new report claims to have a “positive update” on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).

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Hundreds of dolphins cut through California

Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

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Pods commonly hunt in family or related groups, and they typically grow to about a few dozen, or maybe even a hundred

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