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How Orlando Communities are Tackling Plastic Pollution
The city of Orlando is known above all else for its world-class amusement parks. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people visit the city every year from all across the globe. They might never step foot on one of Florida’s famous beaches. But in the Sunshine State, where the…
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Celebrating 41 Years of the International Coastal Cleanup®
This fall, Ocean Conservancy is celebrating its 41st annual International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC), once again bringing together volunteers to protect the beaches and waterways we all love. Ocean Conservancy recently hosted flagship events in Long Beach and Washington, D.C. that…
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Could You Really Be Swallowed by a Whale?
For generations, stories of people being swallowed by enormous sea creatures have painted awe-inspiring tales of human survival and perseverance. From the biblical account of Jonah to the legendary battle of Hercules and Cetus to the timeless story of Pinocchio, these legendary…
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What Can We Learn From 50 Years of Fishery Management?
United States ocean waters are home to diverse species of fish that feed families, anchor economies and draw millions of recreational anglers to the coasts year after year. Our fisheries support vibrant coastal communities and Indigenous cultures, while also sustaining a vast…
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How Beluga Whales Ended Up in Canada’s Rivers
If you spend some time on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, you just might catch a flash of white beneath the surface. A whale. A beluga whale. You don’t typically expect to find whales in a river, but, sure enough, whales swim here, year-round, in a river hundreds…
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Cuts to Integrated Ocean Observing System Puts Ocean at Risk
Most Americans have likely never heard of the United States Integrated Ocean Observing System, or IOOS. Yet if you have ever checked conditions before heading to the beach, relied on a hurricane forecast, eaten American seafood or bought a car, a new phone or a pair of shoes…
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Why Donate at the End of the Year?
Every year, millions of people choose to give back during the holiday season. Giving Tuesday and year-end giving offer opportunities to support the causes that matter the most to you—and help create meaningful change before a new year begins. For ocean lovers, Giving Tuesday is…
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The Mysteries of the Mariana Trench
Our ocean is an incredibly vast and mysterious place. And there is no place where that is more evident than the deepest ocean area in the world: the legendary Mariana Trench. Located east of the Philippines, the Mariana Trench lies in the Mariana Archipelago in the western…
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The Ocean is Changing—Here’s What We Can Do About It
Our ocean has absorbed more than 90% of excess heat caused by human-driven climate change and a quarter of the carbon dioxide we emit. In simple terms: The ocean has been quietly protecting us from the worst impacts of a warming planet. But that protection comes at a high cost.…
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The Annual Migration to Clean Up Our Coasts
Annually, seasonally and sometimes even daily, amazing oceanic migrations are taking place. Humpback whales migrate thousands of miles to breeding grounds each year, while every night trillions of plankton, fish and squid move from the depths of the ocean towards the surface to…