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Greta Thunberg and Fridays For Future, from global myth to local mobilization

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Mangroves and seagrasses absorb microplastics

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Artificial intelligence to monitor water quality more effectively

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Plastic pollution in the deep sea: A geological perspective

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Local impacts from fracking the Eagle Ford

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Previously unrecognized tsunami hazard identified in coastal cities

A new study found overlooked tsunami hazards related to undersea, near-shore strike-slip faults, especially for coastal cities adjacent to faults that traverse inland bays....

Cell atlas of stony corals is boost for coral reef conservation efforts

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals 40 different cell types in Stylophora pistillata, a reef-building stony coral native to the Indo-Pacific oceans. The calcium carbonate skeleton...

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