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![A school of hammerhead sharks.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-01/OceanImageBank_MasayukiAgawa.jpg?itok=1yw4t_O4)
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Masayuki Agawa via OceanImageBank
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Matthew Henry via Unsplash
Decarbonizing the grid is the dawn of a new era of electricity.
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Elena Zhukova
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A trawler off the coast of South Africa
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![A large pile of small blue plastic objects rises from a relief map of Manhattan](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/cumulative-plastic-waste-adjusted-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=jKRy1dij)
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Courtesy Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory
This image of a blue plastic pile represents the cumulative amount of plastic waste that would be generated between 2010 and 2050 — enough to cover the entire island of Manhattan, and ten times the height of the Empire State Building — under a business-as-usual scenario where no aggressive policy actions are taken.
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Matt Perko
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan speaking at the Engineering Sciences Building
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Elena Zhukova
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ChiehCheng via iStock
The El Niño Southern Oscillation influences weather patterns across the world.
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![A scalloped hammerhead prowls a reef in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-08/Galapagos-Marine-Reserve-shark-%20Cori-Lopazanski.jpg?itok=iaf49CvW)
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Lopazanski et al.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is one of many marine protected areas around the globe that safeguards biodiversity, cultural heritage and marine resources.