Climate Change Impacts Ripple ...

May 17, 2013 by

With a limberness that defies his 69 years, Frank Mirarchi heaves himself over the edge of a concrete wharf ..

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Another Threat to Arctic Ecosy...

May 6, 2013 by

The Arctic ecosystem, already under pressure from record ice melts,..

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A tsunami-torn family still de...

May 5, 2013 by

In 2004, the tsunami that hit Sri Lanka killed eight members of this small fishing family.

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My Petition to the President &...

Apr 30, 2013 by

In the ocean you find a symphony of sound…

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Cancer detection equipment sho...

Apr 25, 2013 by

Coral bleaching is a huge problem made worse by global warming.

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As Final U.S. Decision Nears, ...

Apr 19, 2013 by

Few businessmen would relish promoting a product dubbed the “Frankenfish,” ..

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Arctic Nations Seek Common Man...

Apr 17, 2013 by

Humanity has long had a two-pronged reaction to environmental change —

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Probing the Reasons Behind The...

Apr 9, 2013 by

Whatever happened to global warming?

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China is overfishing its offic...

Apr 4, 2013 by

All of this just makes me wonder how many other countries are doing the same.

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Hundreds of sea lion pups are ...

Mar 16, 2013 by

Less than three months into 2013, 517 stranded sea lion pups have already been admitted to rescue centers in southern California.

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Navy Offshore Training Program...

Mar 8, 2013 by

Environmentalists say that a five-year training program proposed by the Navy off the coast of Southern California would ramp up sonar activity..

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U.S. Ocean Acidification Affec...

Mar 5, 2013 by

Coastal regions around the United States respond differently to ocean acidification,..

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Piranha cover-up in South Caro...

Feb 28, 2013 by

Piranhas could be poised to invade South Carolina.

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In Tibet, Change Comes to the ...

Feb 27, 2013 by

Renowned biologist George Schaller has been traveling to the Tibetan Plateau for nearly three decades

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Don’t believe in climate chang...

Feb 20, 2013 by

Behind the counter at Seattle’s Taylor Shellfish Market..

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‘Super mega-pod’ of 100,000 do...

Feb 18, 2013 by

As we’ve written before, we’re not sure if we should be scared of dolphins or not.

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U.S. Sea Level Rise Along East...

Feb 14, 2013 by

Experts on the sea level rise triggered by climate change have long known that it will proceed faster in some places than others.

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Obama for the Oceans:

Feb 14, 2013 by

What the President Can Do in His Second Term for People Who Depend on the Oceans.

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Climate change impact on Nor&#...

Feb 12, 2013 by

The historic Nor’easter that buried New England under up to 40″ of snow Friday and Saturday …

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San Francisco plans expensive ...

Feb 7, 2013 by

When you live on a coastline, looking down the barrel of imminent and unstoppable rising sea levels,..

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Let’s name all of the ocean wa...

Feb 7, 2013 by

Once again, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed naming the United States’ offshore “exclusive economic zone” after Ronald Reagan.

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Bizarre Waves Seen From Space

Feb 6, 2013 by

In the ocean, there are more waves than meet the eye.

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Dolphins have been acting real...

Feb 4, 2013 by

The Grist List position on dolphins has long been that they are adorable, playful, sweet-looking oversexed death machines.

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Bad acid trip: A beach bum’s g...

Jan 26, 2013 by

And the twin metaphor is an apt one: Climate change and acidification work together and both have the same anthropogenic mamma: carbon dioxide.

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McDonald’s new sustainable fis...

Jan 26, 2013 by

This week, McDonald’s announced that it will start serving a lot more fast-food fish starting next month,..

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Dolphin Tangled in Fishing Lin...

Jan 22, 2013 by

Earlier this month, while on an nighttime swim with manta rays off the coast of Hawaii,..

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Are Sea Walls the Answer?

Jan 22, 2013 by

As Jersey shore towns spend millions to rebuild boardwalks wrecked by Superstorm Sandy..

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Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash As...

Jan 20, 2013 by

Tens of thousands of dead fish washed ashore on a South Carolina beach on Tuesday..

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Trapped Killer Whales Freed By...

Jan 10, 2013 by

A leader in a northern Quebec village says about a dozen killer whales that were trapped under sea ice appear to have reached safety…

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This is what it looks like to ...

Jan 9, 2013 by

[Translate] Grist By Jess Zimmerman If you’ve got “be caught up in a cavalcade of 1,000 stampeding dolphins” on your bucket list, you...

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