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This Fifteen-Year-Old is Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution
Why is ending plastic pollution so important to you? Plastic pollution is one of the fastest growing crises in the world today. People don’t realize how much plastics are…
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Diving to The Antarctic Seafloor is a Scientist’s Dream Coming True
That is, I’ve never seen them in their natural environment before. Until now. The seabed of this truly special place is home to corals and other animals that create 3D-structures,…
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Micro-Plastics, Major Problem
As part of my graduate studies at UNC-Wilmington, I’ve learned just how much damage microplastics can do. I’m studying the impacts of ingested plastics on larval fish (inland silversides) and…
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How Plastic is Harming Florida’s Marine Life, and What We Can Do About It
My passion for environmental conservation began when I was inspired by my 3rd-grade teacher to focus on my own interactions with the world around me, and to learn about the…
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Why I Trawled for Plastic On Board the Arctic Sunrise
I am here to learn more about Greenpeace’s Ocean Plastics campaign and how we can end single-use plastics. Every minute of every day the equivalent of one garbage truck load of…
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Greenpeace supporting whale science with the Arctic Sunrise
This week, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise hosted researchers deploying acoustic monitors used to study whales and dolphins in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sea of Distress 2017: The Foodservice Industry, Ocean Health, and Seafood Workers
Click here to download Sea of Distress 2017, Greenpeace’s second assessment of foodservice companies that feed millions of people every day who dine outside the home. Unfamiliar to many, companies…
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California National Marine Sanctuaries Under Trump Review Contain Sizable Oil and Gas Deposits
Summary Findings Expansions of National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS) off the California coast ordered by Presidents Bush and Obama are currently under review by the Trump administration. A geospatial analysis has…
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These Are the Creatures in Your Neighborhood (If You Live in the Indian Ocean)
To travel to the Indian Ocean by sea and you might arrive through such storied routes as the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, or the Strait of Malacca, or via…
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Ray Hilborn: Overfishing Denier
Update, February 2019: Back in 2016, Greenpeace called out a well-known scientist named Ray Hilborn for failing to disclose the funding he’d received from the fishing industry in several of his…