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Ocean
July 1, 2021
Jo Livingstone
The Crucial, Little Understood Science of the Seafloor
Helen Scales’s fascinating book about life in the deepest parts of the ocean carries a powerful warning.
November 4, 2019
Audrey Gray
Global Warming Is Already Destroying New England’s Fisheries
The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest-warming areas of the ocean. It's going to get worse.
April 16, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Global Crisis of Plastic Pollution
Cleaning up the ocean will require an international agreement on par with the Paris climate accord.
December 29, 2015
David Lusseau
Are Beached Whales Sick—or Suicidal?
October 6, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Photographical Twins: Uncanny Images of Ocean and Desert
June 17, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Obama Looks to Beat Bush's Marine Legacy With World's Largest Ocean Sanctuary
July 11, 2012
David Hajdu
The Surprising Queer Roots of the Blues

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