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The ocean is crucial for life on earth, yet much of it lacks comprehensive environmental safeguards. Providing oxygen we breathe, food we eat, and performing important roles in planetary systems like moderating our climate, a lot is at stake when we risk the health of the ocean.
The Trump administration in January released the most far-reaching offshore drilling plan ever proposed.
The vast expanse of ocean that lies beyond any one country’s national waters comprises nearly two-thirds of the ocean and almost half the planet.
One hundred fifty miles off the coast of New England and thousands of feet deep lies a unique and special place.
As we celebrate World Oceans Day this year, world leaders, businesses, scientists, and NGOs are gathered in New York at the first ever United Nations Ocean Conference.
The Olympics wrapped up several weeks ago, but in eastern Manhattan in New York, there are still hundreds of countries gathered.
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