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Warmer air can suck more moisture in dry regions and dump more rain in wet regions. New research reveals that the atmosphere’s drying capacity is outpacing increases to rainfall.
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Cargo vessel congestion at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex during the COVID pandemic
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Geospatial information about how women use the ocean is an important part of marine spatial planning, but tends to be hidden in the data
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Merry Passage
Southern California’s population of giant sea bass is recovering from overfishing, but progress is slow.
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Joan Dudney studies the impacts of global change on forests to develop science-based management strategies.
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Shane Gross
Sharks are often observed with hooks, scars or other evidence of encounters with fisherman. This Caribbean reef shark was spotted in the Bahamas with a wire leader hanging from her mouth. It has been illegal to catch sharks in the Bahamas since 2011.
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Untold amounts of toxic waste were carelessly, though legally, disposed of off the California coast. Their presence continues to haunt human and wildlife health.
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City of Santa Monica
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On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory.