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Oxygen is disappearing from Earth’s water; this endangers marine life and human society!
Oceanic oxygen loss may seem small at 2% since 1960, but due to the ocean's vast volume, this trans…
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Toxic algae blooms are growing on lakes and beaches across the US, and health departments warn they can poison kids and kill pets
Swimming around water with algae blooms can put you at risk of toxic poisoning. The CDC reported hu…
Andrea Michelson
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Officials closed a river in California citing toxic algae weeks after a family of 3 was mysteriously found dead nearby
The death of the couple, their one-year-old daughter, and the family dog mystified officials. But t…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Researchers figured out why hundreds of elephants dropped dead in Botswana this year: Their water was poisoned by algae
Months after 330 elephants inexplicably died in Botswana, officials identified the cause of the die…
Aylin Woodward
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A glacier in the Italian Alps is turning pink as algae eats away the snow
Glacier-eating algae could take over as global temperatures rise, turning critical snow and ice bri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Toxic algae is making sea lions on Southern California beaches aggressive and unpredictable: It's the ‘new normal,' marine mammal expert says
A toxic algae bloom is causing sea lions to give birth to stillborn pups, John Warner of the Marine…
Lloyd Lee
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What's killing the sea lions on some of America's safest beaches?
California's Central Coast had hundreds of dead marine mammals wash ashore this season, suffering f…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A popular California beach will be closed until 2030 because tourists won't stop messing with sea lions
At a San Diego City Council meeting, members unanimously approved the closure of Point La Jolla and…
Sebastian Cahill
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4 signs that water is not safe for swimming, whether it's due to toxic algae or human waste
Avoid swimming in water that appears greenish or topped with scum, and steer clear of foul smells t…
Andrea Michelson
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What happens to sharks, dolphins, alligators, and other marine life during a hurricane? Experts explain why the storm's aftermath is often more deadly
Hurricanes bring wind and rain, but it's often environmental effects, such as freshwater flooding, …
Jenny McGrath
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Officials in Florida are telling people not to touch manatees while they are having sex and to observe mating herds from a distance
Manatees, which mate in herds of a single female and many males, are dying at record rates in Flori…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Hundreds of manatees are starving off the coast of Florida because of an ecosystem collapse, state officials say
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said a lack of seagrass has led to malnutriti…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A giant 'blob' of hot water more than twice the size of California threatens the survival of fish and coral near New Zealand
Other underwater ecosystems are also put at risk as waters warm. Higher sea temperatures make it di…
Aylin Woodward
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Australia is pumping oxygen into lakes and rivers as a 'Band-Aid solution' to stop thousands of fish from dying
The Independent reported that critics of the New South Wales government believe that poor managemen…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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India's biggest floating solar power plant coming up in Telangana
The project has been set up by the energy conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)…
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We've put the heat equivalent of 3.6 billion Hiroshima bomb explosions into the oceans. The water was hotter last year than ever in recorded history.
That's devastating for coral reefs, since higher temperatures prompt coral bleaching - a phenomenon…
Aylin Woodward
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Forget Mars, there could be life on Venus
This behavior reminded the scientists of algal blooms. You know ... they're those green mats in lak…
David Anderson,Jordan Bowman
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Lake Erie Is Turning To Slime [PHOTOS]
While boaters and swimmers aren't likely to become seriously ill from touching or swimming in the g…
Leslie Baehr
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Eating meat creates a 'dead zone' the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico every year
As the bacteria use up oxygen consuming the dead phytoplankton, the seafloor gets slowly suffocated…
Jeremy Berke
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Thousands of dead fish suddenly showed up in a New York canal
A combination of factors most likely contributed to the massive die-off. Christopher Gobler, who di…