New global maps chart 40 years of ocean heat and acidification extremes

Between 2src14 and 2src15, a marine heatwave known as “The Blob” warmed an area of the Pacific Ocean larger than the United States and Mexico combined. The massive event fueled toxic algae blooms, collapsed fisheries, killed off millions of emaciated seabirds, sent dead fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) and sea otters washing up on Alaska andContinue Reading

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Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, trying to refute corruption allegations, may have just proven them.  Earlier this week, ProPublica exposed Collins’s involvement in an alleged illegal pay-to-pay scheme with a defense contractor. Collins has denied the allegations. “The Biden-led Justice Department and FBI totally cleared my office, my campaignContinue Reading