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Microplastics Are Everywhere – In Us Too
What do beer, oysters, table salt, air & tap water have in common? They’re all ways humans are ingesting microplastics, tiny bits of plastic waste ubiquitous in oceans, lakes and rivers and even...
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F**k Plastic!
Is the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don’t panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help! In F**k Plastic: 101 ways to free yourself from...
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Desalination Alternatives: High Tech Solutions to the Freshwater Crisis
Dear EarthTalk: If the world is running out of freshwater, why aren’t we desalinating more ocean water? —H. Smith, Providence, RI The protagonist of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 lyrical ballad The...
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Could Better Waste Management Save Our Oceans?
Credit: mali maeder, Pexels Sewage, garbage dumping and industrial and agricultural runoff can cause severe damage to ocean environments. Plastic, however — one of the most common and least...
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Dark Side Of The Ocean
Ocean biodiversity is being decimated on par with the fastest rates of rain forest destruction. More than 80 percent of pollutants in the oceans come from sewage and other land-based runoff (some of it...
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What Plastics Are Deadliest For Marine Life?
It’s no secret that ocean plastic is a global problem. Currently, 14 million tons of microplastic lies at the bottom of the world’s seas. That figure doesn’t even include how many whole pieces of...
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Ocean Winds: Bringing Us Renewable Fish with Renewable Energy
Offshore wind farms not only produce significant amounts of renewable, carbon-free energy but also create reserves where sea life flourishes.
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Coral Reefs Going Going Gone Thanks To Global Warming
Can we stop runaway global warming from killing off the world's remaining coral reefs as they succumb to warmer water & and acidification. The post Coral Reefs Going Going Gone Thanks To Global...
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Sea Turtle Populations In Free Fall Around the World
Dear EarthTalk: How are populations of sea turtles faring these days? —A.J., Los Angeles, CA Swimming alongside a sea turtle in coastal waters is certainly a thrilling sensation, but the experience is...
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Are Coral Reefs Still Dying & How Can We Save Them?
Dear EarthTalk: What can we do to save dying coral reefs? —B.H. Jackson, Tullahoma, TN Coral reefs around the world are indeed still at great risk. A comprehensive survey by Canadian researchers in...
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