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Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.
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Coal plant

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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In Hot Water

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Burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, spews almost 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Smokestack from coal plant

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Caribbean Coral Reef and Climate Case Study

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How do plants respond to rising CO2 levels? To find out, plant physiologist Bert Drake monitors plants used in his CO2 study at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
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CO2 Marsh Study

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How Carbon Affects Nearly Everything on Earth

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A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.
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How You Can Help the Ocean

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A screenshot from the video showing an illustration of Earth with tetris blocks stacked on top.
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Climate Change Game of Tetris

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Measurements of carbon dioxide in atmosphere since 1958
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Keeling Curve

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Close-up photograph of translucent coral polyps, showing the symbiotic algae living inside.
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Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains
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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

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