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High Human Impact Ocean Areas Along U.S. West Coast Revealed

Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States. “Every single spot of the ocean along the West Coast,” said Ben Halpern, a marine ecologist at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California at Santa Barbara, [...]

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Experts Gather to Save the Ocean

The conservation of the world’s most iconic ocean species, whales and dolphins, has taken a step forward today with the launch of the first conference on protected areas for marine mammals. Over 150 marine experts from 30 countries around the world have gathered in Maui, Hawaii, this week to build plans for networks of protected areas, [...]

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A Sea Change – Imagine a World Without Fish

A new documentary on climate change and the oceans proposes just that. The film, A Sea Change, premieres at the DC Environmental Film Festival March 14. A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, the underbelly of climate change, a little-known but potentially devastating threat to ocean life. The screening takes place at 3:30 [...]

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