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Then-President Ronald Reagan uses a graph to highlight the alleged benefits of his supply-side economics plan, yet the upward red-shaded trend in his graph is prescient in terms of rising global temperatures

13 February 2019

The only thing trickling down is global warming

Supply-side “trickle down” economics and tax-evasion havens have exacerbated inequality worldwide, and global warming is making things worse.

Global warming

Then-President Ronald Reagan uses a graph to highlight the alleged benefits of his supply-side economics plan, yet the upward red-shaded trend in his graph is prescient in terms of rising global temperatures

13 February 2019

The only thing trickling down is global warming

A researcher accesses the damage at Day Reef on the Great Barrier Reef following the March 2016 mass coral bleaching event

18 January 2019

Why a warming ocean matters

Climate activist Greta Thunberg: "You are never too small to make a difference."

21 December 2018

Greta Thunberg, 15, scolds immature world leaders for inaction on climate policy

Alternative energy

Norway's Havyard Group ASA is filling 13 orders for zero-emission ferries received since 2016 (Photo: Carina Johansen/Bloomberg)

14 March 2018

Batteries a clean energy solution for shipping

For every one bird killed by a wind turbine, fossil fuel-powered plants kill 2,188 birds. (Photo: David Clarke)

8 March 2018

Wind farms least threat to birds

Marine life

Enquiring minds examine hidden marine life during low tide at West Seattle's Constellation Park

31 August 2018

The hidden marine life along the shore — and threats to its survival

The rosette holds Niskin bottles that collect water at different depths and help measure conductivity (salinity), temperature, and pressure.

21 July 2018

Examining the health of Puget Sound aboard the research vessel Rachel Carson

MIT's soft robotic fish

23 March 2018

Soft robotic fish revolutionize marine research

Pollution

New research confirms Dr. King's declaration that segregation is bad for our health.

4 April 2018

Pollution discriminates: worse in segregated areas, research shows

The River Tame, near Manchester, U.K., has the highest microplastic pollution yet discovered anywhere in the world.

12 March 2018

Microplastic pollution in ocean numbers beyond trillions

6 March 2018

How plastic pollution harms marine life

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