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The State of Ocean Acidification : Transgression of Yet Another Planetary Boundary

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   ( NOAA Research )                   Ocean acidification more advanced than previously thought [News Release, Plymouth Marine Laboratory ( PML ) ; 9 June 2025] https://pml.ac.uk/news/ocean-acidification-more-advanced-than-previously-thought/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFrom%20the%20coral%20reefs%20that,compromised%20to%20ensure%20their%20longevity Study finds Ocean acidification more pervasive than previously thought (News Release/Theo STEIN, NOAA Research , June 11, 2025) https://research.noaa.gov/study-finds-ocean-acidification-is-more-pervasive-than-previously-thought/ Featured Research Article : Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed (FINDLAY et al , 2025) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70238 Also... High Seas Treaty gains momentum as 18 new countries pledge support (Annika HAMMERSCHLAG, Associated Press ; June 10, 2025) https://apnews.com/article/high-seas-treaty-oceans-un-ocean-confere...
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UN World Environment Day 2025 - "Beat Plastic Pollution"

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https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/latest/2025campaign
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The Shoreless Sargasso Sea: Marine Nursery and Thriving Ecosystem

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The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt with Ocean Currents and the Sargasso Sea ,  LÓPEZ et al ., 2021 ;   CC BY-SA 4.0 International ,  Link There is one sea on Earth that touches no land because it has no shore (Eric RALLS, Earth.com ; May 24, 2025) https://www.earth.com/news/one-large-water-body-on-earth-does-not-touch-land-known-as-the-sargasso-sea/ Website : Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences ( Arizona State University ) https://bios.asu.edu/
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Jellyfish Lake of Eil Malk, Palau: Home to Millions of Golden Jellyfish

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Jellyfish Lake Palau , Onyo ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Jellyfish Lake:  Palau's saltwater pool with a toxic bottom and surface waters brimming with millions of jellyfish (Sascha PARE, LiveScience ; May 9, 2025) https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/jellyfish-lake-palaus-saltwater-pool-with-a-toxic-bottom-and-surface-waters-brimming-with-millions-of-jellyfish Jellyfish Lake Stratification Diagram ,  Mastigas_sp._side/CT-Snow/Davefoc ;  CC BY-SA 2.0 ,  Link Research Article: Jellyfish distribution and abundance in relation to the physical habitat of Jellyfish Lake, Palau (CIMINO et al. , 2018) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Megan-Cimino/publication/323152379_Jellyfish_distribution_and_abundance_in_relation_to_the_physical_habitat_of_Jellyfish_Lake_Palau/links/5e050b55299bf10bc37beeaa/Jellyfish-distribution-and-abundance-in-relation-to-the-physical-habitat-of-Jellyfish-Lake-Palau.pdf
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Pfyn Culture Flint Tools - Oldest Stone Age Knives with Wooden handles

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A Pfyn culture stone tool with wooden handle from about 3800 B. C. , Matthias HOFFMAN, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg Pfyn culture flint tool:  World's oldest known "Swiss Army Knife" (Kristina KILLGROVE, LiveScience ; April 7, 2025) https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/pfyn-culture-flint-tool-worlds-oldest-known-swiss-army-knife Skizzen von Fundstücken Ausgrabung Pfyn-Breitenloo 1944 /Sketch of finds from the Pfyn-Breitenloo Excavation site in 1944, Roman KONCZAK ; Link
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