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Since the term “microplastics” was coined 20 years ago, research has multiplied, revealing their pervasive presence worldwide ...

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s “content strategist” has made it her mission to ensure that emoji, the universal lingo of our ...

People's deep connection with the ocean -- their 'marine identity' -- can help us reset society's relationship with the seas, new research suggests.

The movement of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the surface of the ocean, where it is in active contact with the atmosphere, to the deep ocean, where it can be sequestered away for decades, centuries, or ...