Loss of federal protections may imperil Pacific reefs, scientists warn.
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Plastic pollution, overfishing, global warming and increased acidification from burning fossil fuels means oceans are increasingly hostile to marine life
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Chinese scientists plant corals undersea.
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Alaska’s oyster farmers are filling an acidification-driven void.
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Ocean pollution: Prince Charles warns humanity is ‘testing the world to destruction’ and must...
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Chesapeake acidification could compound issues already facing the bay, researchers find.
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For the success of coral restoration, a matter of scale.
This past June, scientists declared that a third massive global bleaching event, in which large sections of the Great Barrier Reef were damaged, finally...
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A master plan on the use of Vietnam’s sea is being built by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a necessary move according...
The loudest smallest voices are raising the alarm on climate change.
Most Americans understand that climate disruption is already happening and that we are in trouble if we don’t change course. But many people still...
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