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Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of ...

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Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

The world’s oceans are steadily losing their characteristic greenness as a result of global heating, according to a new study that warns the planet’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide may be weakening.