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When Dams No Longer Serve Their Purpose
Even though some dams no longer serve a purpose, they continue to have negative impacts on the estuary and freshwater community, they eliminate access to other parts of the river by various species of fish and fall into disrepair through neglect. Enter Stantec, a company that is actively trying to restore… Read More
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Restoring the Alameda Naval Air Station
At it's peak in 1945, Alameda was a bustling Naval Air Station that had a military and civilian work force of over 18,000. There were 1,513 housing units, berthing space at two piers for aircraft carriers, and a Seaplane Lagoon. Today, habitat restoration group Friends of Alameda Wildlife Refuge works… Read More
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The Gyres Part 4: The Atlantic Ocean Garbage Dump
We've known for a while that plastic trash accumulates at the center of the North Pacific Ocean - a region euphemistically called "The Great Garbage Patch." Researchers have now confirmed there's a similar region off the US East Coast in the North Atlantic, and that's not good news. Read More
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Sea Level Rise – Is It Really Such A Big Deal?
If I told you the ocean was expected to rise twelve inches over the next 40 years, that doesn't sound like much... but if I told you the maximum wave size had gone from 33 feet to 46 feet, would that get your attention? Read More
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Gyres: Unbelievable Documentary on the Great Ocean Garbage Patch
Stunning footage captured by VBS.TV team shows just how bad oceanic pollution has gotten in this three-part documentary. Read More
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Notes from the Gyres Part 2: Nurdle Soup
We live in a plastic culture. The material is spectacularly useful, there's no doubt about that. But it never goes away. So we have to get smarter about how we use it, before we drown in the stuff... Read More
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Notes from the Gyres Part 1: The Problem
The problems with marine pollution are much bigger than you think. Now, scientists are concerned that our contaminated seas of plastic trash are leaking back into our lives through the seafood we eat. Read More
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Incredible Plastic Boat to Explore Great Garbage Patch
12,000 plastic bottles + carbon dioxide + irrigation pipes + plastic sail + solar panels + courage to voyage through treacherous, filth-ridden waters = The Plastiki Read More
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Video: World’s Largest Floating Landfill Explained In 8 Minutes
We've been writing about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a vortex of trash the size of Texas, deep in the heart of the ocean. Listen as one of the experts, Captain Charles Moore, explains it all. Read More
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To The Gyre
The North Pacific Ocean is a giant graveyard of plastic - a Texas-sized dump that will never go away... unless we make it go away. TENTHMIL says "It's Time... we cleaned up this tragedy". Read More
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Considering the state of the environment over the past 20 years, what is your outlook on the next 20?
