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Ocean Health

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-human-health.html

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/why-ocean-matters/

Microplastics and How They Affect Human Health:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.

https://coastalreview.org/2021/07/microplastics-the-big-little-problem-plaguing-our-oceans/

The Pacific Garbage Patch:

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/world/plastic-pollution-ocean-ecosystems-intl-climate/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/1169844428/this-floating-ocean-garbage-is-home-to-a-surprising-amount-of-life-from-the-coas

New Data Suggests Most Oil in the Ocean Comes From Land Runoff, Not Oil Spills:

https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/most-oil-sea-comes-runoff-land-not-just-oil-spills

Rising Ocean Temperatures and Why it Matters:

https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/ocean-warming

Rising Sea Levels:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level

The Decline in Ocean Biodiversity and Why it Matters:

https://www.nrdc.org/bio/lauren-kubiak/marine-biodiversity-dangerous-decline-finds-new-report

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