The March for the Ocean event to be held this Saturday, June 9, is organized by Earth Day Network and follows on the 2018 Earth Day theme pressing for awareness and cleanup of ocean plastic pollution. The problem is highlighted by a growing a gyre located in the Pacific Ocean that is a mixture of marine debris, microplastics and other
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Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) brings together national and global stakeholders to address pressing science, conservation and management issues facing the ocean and Great Lakes. The event is convened by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation every June. This year, CHOW is focused on the changing ocean, restoration of the ocean and Great Lakes and working together for sustainable waters. Join
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Ten blue sharks were tagged in June 2016 off the East Coast of the U.S., and satellites then collected information about them for 110 days. Working with shark researchers Dr. Neil Hammerschlag (University of Miami) and Dr. Austin Gallagher (Beneath the Waves), the shark tracks have been added to a custom workspace in Global Fishing Watch in an interactive map that
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