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Long Story Shorts: What’s the Deal with Bioluminescence? – Hakai Institute

anglerfish, Bioluminescence, Hakai Magazine, jellyfish, Katrina Pyne, Mercedes Minck, Shrimp

Excerpt:
Lots of organisms in the ocean can glow. But what is bioluminescence? And how is it used?

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Plastic Pollution

Manta Ray underside, British Indian Ocean Territory (by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

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Sand Mining

On the shore of the Volta River, near Akosombo, Eastern Region, Ghana - December 2018 (by Konrad Lembcke CC BY-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Deadly ambush at sand winning site leaves five dead in Eastern Region – Modern Ghana

Sea Level Rise

South Georgia Island, 2018 (courtesy of European Space Agency: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO via Flickr).

First sea-level records for coastal community protection – the European Space Agency

Coastal Care JR

Sunset over Venetian Lagoon, Piazza San Marco, Venice (by Sorin Popovich CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

The future stewards of the Venice Lagoon – Oceanographic

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

Palos Verdes Peninsula - Aerial, 2020 (by formulanone CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

The wealthy California town that can’t get rid of water fast enough – SFGate