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Biology
1,500 dolphin “Super Pod” boring off the coast of California and captured by drone videos
This image provided by Montere Bay Houle Watch shows a dolphin cluster opposite Carmel Bay on the Central Coast of California on Friday, January 24, 2025. A long cluster has been filmed for many miles of dolphins, jumping over the Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, and forming a rare “super pod” with more than 1,500 marine creatures.…
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Science
SpaceX loses first of final two Space Coast launches in 2024
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Despite a failed late-night launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday, SpaceX plans to launch from Kennedy Space Center late Monday night, capping a record year for the Space Coast. Sunday’s launch saw a Falcon 9 carrying Astranis Space Technologies’ communications satellite lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission…
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Science
Citizen’s quest to find starfish along the San Diego coast helps scientists better understand biodiversity
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The last week of the year brings low tides to the San Diego coastline, giving tide collectors another chance this month to join a statewide quest to find sea stars, also known as starfish. The Solstice Sea Star Search along the California coast is an effort by the California Academy of Sciences to track starfish populations…
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Environment
A legally protected community on Brazil’s southeastern coast is threatened by tourist trash left on the beach
Ribeiro (with hat) and volunteers collecting cigarette butts at Pereque Beach. Each cigarette butt contains thousands of toxic substances. Credit: Italo Braga Castro A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) found high levels of pollution, dominated by plastic trash and cigarette butts, at Perecuque Beach in the coastal city of Guaruja in Brazil’s São…
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