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Meet Anna, the 11-year-old Activist Saving the Ocean!
Greenpeace’s Oceans Director, John Hocevar, has an 11-year old niece named Anna. When Anna was little, she would spend hours asking John questions about the ocean. “Why are dolphins always…
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Your #BreakFreeFromPlastic Pictures Are Taking Over the Internet!
It’s never been so easy to demand change. Use your social media to tag companies pushing their single-use plastic problem onto you! Check out some of the folks calling for…
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Meet the Terrific Teens with Pollution Solutions!
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that activates the next wave of ocean leaders through the arts, science, and advocacy. They believe that changing our world starts…
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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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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.