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The Our Ocean World series explores how a healthy ocean is critical to our survival, how we impact the ocean, how the ocean affects our daily lives, how we can sustain the ocean ecosystem for future generations, and more.

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Content Questions & Answers

• Daniel Schlenk answers:
  What health-related toxins are ending up in the world's waterways and being flushed out to sea?
• William Balch answers:
  How is carbon dioxide pollution changing the pH of the ocean?
• Larry Mayer answers:
  What new techniques are researchers using to map the ocean floor?
• John McManus answers:
  What factors do scientists believe are allowing algae to degrade and destroy some coral reefs?
• John Cassano answers:
  Why is it important to include data on ice-free areas of the polar ocean in climate models?
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