July 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
Experts believe sea levels on the California coastline could rise as much as 30 centimeters over the next 20 years. Doesn’t sound like much, but what could it mean for you? Airports, stadiums and housing developments in the Bay Area were built just a few feet over the highest tides...
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April 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
The cause célèbre of plastic litter in the ocean is the Texas-sized, swirling island of plastic debris thousands of miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean. But researchers from the Universities of Washington and Delaware and the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Mass.,...
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February 4, 2011, 12:05 AM
Oyster populations worldwide have plummeted and in some areas may be considered extinct, according to a study released this month by scientists at UC Santa Cruz and the Nature Conservancy. The study examined 144 bays across 44 different ecosystems and estimated that 85 percent of oyster reef...
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