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Three oil platforms are seen in federal waters off the southern California coast in 2021.  President Biden has prohibited new oil and gas leases in more than 625 million acres of federal ocean; existing leases are not affected.

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  • Business

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.

January 06, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Christiane Keyhani (bottom left) and Liz Yannell (bottom right), of the non-profit group Hui O Ka Wai Ola, measure water quality along Lahaina's coast. The group is part of a coalition that mobilized in the wake of the fire to closely monitor the water quality off Lahaina.

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  • Climate

Maui community mobilizes to protect water quality from runoff after Lahaina fires

The debris from Lahaina's fire contains toxic chemicals and sits right next to a coral reef. So the community is collaborating with scientists to track water quality.

May 13, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Ryan Kellman
This undated photo released by and taken from the official website of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, shows a SH-60K chopper. Two Japanese navy helicopters of the same type crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a nighttime training flight after possibly colliding with each other, the country's defense minister said Sunday, April 21, 2024.

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  • Asia

2 Japanese navy helicopters crash in the Pacific Ocean — 1 dead and 7 missing

Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime training flight after possibly colliding with each other.

April 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The extreme wildfire that hit Lahaina burned all the way to the coast. As the cleanup continues, rainstorms could wash toxic runoff into the ocean.

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  • Climate

Another struggle after the Maui fires: keeping toxic runoff out of the ocean

There's little that separates the ocean from the 2,200 burned buildings in Lahaina. Officials are working to block runoff that could harm the coral reefs offshore.

August 29, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Members of the Chumash tribe have pushed for a decade to create a new marine sanctuary. If created, it would be the first to be designated with tribal involvement from the outset.

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  • Climate

Biden proposes vast new marine sanctuary in partnership with California tribe

The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would make history as the first marine sanctuary to be managed with a tribe from the outset.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are near capacity.

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  • Asia

5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

The water comes from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Although most scientists agree it does not pose an immediate environmental threat, some are worried about the long-term consequences.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute studied female octopuses that nest together off Central California at a depth of about 3,200 meters.

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  • Science

Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea at an 'octopus garden'

Over 6,000 octopuses have been found huddling around an extinct volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean near California, and researchers now think they understand why the octopuses find it so cozy.

August 23, 2023
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock gives a thumbs up during a welcoming ceremony with Grupo Mar President Antonio Suarez, left, and Oscar Meza Oregó, captain of the Mexican tuna boat "Maria Delia," after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023.

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  • World

Adrift for 3 months, a man and his dog lived on raw fish until rescued by fishermen

An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land.

July 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Japan plans to release more than a million tons of nuclear waste water into the Pacific.

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  • World

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says Japan can release nuclear waste water into the ocean

The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan's government to dump nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

July 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
A piece of plastic debris that's been colonized by both costal barnacles (pink and striped) and a gooseneck barnacle from the open ocean.

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  • Science

This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts

A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.

April 17, 2023
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Residents pass by a flooded road from Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippines. Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving some people dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work in the capital and outlying provinces.

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  • Asia

Typhoon Noru leaves 6 rescuers dead in the northern Philippines

Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving five rescuers dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work.

September 26, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Mussels dying off at such a high rate will have a massive effect on both marine and terrestrial animals, biologists say.

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  • Environment

Heat Wave Killed An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures, And Scientists Fear Even Worse

An estimated 1 billion sea creatures, mostly mussels, died in the heat wave last week along Vancouver's shorelines. But the marine biologist taking count worries the actual number will be much higher.

July 09, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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  • Science

In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing

Kelp forests along Northern California have almost vanished. Divers and scientists are racing to stop purple sea urchins from taking over critical habitat.

March 31, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer

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