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Will Probiotics Save Corals or Harm Them?

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Bacteria are helping corals in lab tests, but risks rise as treatments are applied in the wild.

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Plastic Pollution

Spring Water. A plastic bottle on a rocky substrate covered by coralligenous formations at minus 18 meter (by Giuseppe Lupinacci courtesty of Ars Electronica CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up – the Guardian

Art + Science

Sunset On The Klamath River (by Linda Tanner CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Undammed: Amy Bowers Cordalis and the fight to free the Klamath − Patagonia Flims

Sand Mining

"Dredge spoils" A boat rides low in the water hauling dredged dirt from the Mekong river delta in Vietnam (by program monkey CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Vietnam ex-official took US$300,000 bribe to allow illicit sand mining – The Star

SL Rise | Climate Change

An unhealthy pteropod showing effects of ocean acidification including ragged, dissolving shell ridges on upper surface, a cloudy shell in lower right quadrant , and severe abrasions and weak spots at 6:30 position on lower whorl of shell (courtesy of NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Ocean acidification is a deeper crisis than we first thought – Oceonographic

Coastal Care JR

Cover of "Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall" (Illustration by By Jason Chin, courtesy of Neal Porter Books via PenguinRandomHouse.com).

Little Books with Big Subjects – Hakai Magazine

Ecosystem Destruction

Polyethylene heat welded sculpture made to demonstrate the great Oceanic Gyres created by waste. This artwork is part of a collection titled "The creation of Plastikos" (by Simon MAX Bannister, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia).

Surprising Creatures Lurk in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Scientific American

Shoreline Armoring

An aerial view of the damage Hurricane Ike inflicted upon Gilchrist, Texas (by Jocelyn Augusitno/FEMA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Shelter from the Storm – Science

Problematic Development

Anini Beach, 2018 (by Alan Grinberg CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flicker).

Hawaii homeowner hired security to kick people off Kauai beach – SFGate