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OurOcean

  1. Did you know tomorrow marks the start of hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico? ocean.ly/L6ITXM
  2. Boating or beaching it? Smartphone app reveals water quality in seven areas including the Great Lakes and California:ocean.ly/L5BYxT
  3. Filter Feeding Explained: Whale Sharks vs. Baleen Whales ocean.ly/L63MSP
  4. What would happen if 10,000 people decided not to make as much trash for one month? Take the challenge: ocean.ly/KjCMxm
  5. Is a zero-waste society possible? Interesting read from @FastCoExistocean.ly/L5GJaP
  6. @MacFarlaneNews Looking forward to your conversation w/ @NickMallos. The expedition is organized by two great groups @5gyres and @Algalita.
  7. Marine mammal rescuers successfully free a humpback whale that had been tangled in prawn traps: ocean.ly/L3sjbf
  8. Where do shipping containers go when their shipboard life is done? A new idea you can live with—or should we say, in: ocean.ly/L2QbeV
  9. Our ocean is changing rapidly. Find out what scientists, governments and even the military are doing to help: ocean.ly/L373T4
  10. What a wonderful world, including our ocean. So much beauty to be thankful for: ocean.ly/JtS5jz
  11. Which ocean dwellers will be burned by ocean acidification? This diagram may shock you: ocean.ly/JtSCSO
  12. Genetically engineered salmon: Shouldn’t our nation’s fish agency have a say in this? ocean.ly/JfKcOB
  13. Watch pollution-tracking Robo-Fish make its seaside debut: ocean.ly/L0A2H7
  14. .@NatGeoNewsWatch asked our scientist @NickMallos to share updates about his expedition across the Pacific: ocean.ly/L0sG6d
  15. A soon-to-be-solved mystery: Swedish scientists set out to investigate an ocean "UFO": ocean.ly/Js3PDh
  16. Next time you're celebrating a birthday, think twice about using balloons. We found this in La Jolla Cove today:  twitpic.com/9qoubz
  17. Bad acid trip: Tracking the source of ocean acidification in Washington's Puget sound: ocean.ly/JrLq9I
  18. Take an undersea break and soar with rays in the Andaman Islands in this video: ocean.ly/JrEKbC
  19. Bluefin tuna carried radioactive baggage from Japan to California--but how much? ocean.ly/JrnXp2
  20. It's not too late to take the Trash-Free Challenge! Learn what you can do to keep our ocean healthy: ocean.ly/KjCMxm