1. Plastic Straw Reduction Bill Examined by California Committee
![Photo credit: <a href="https://visualhunt.com/author/664778">Horia Varlan</a> on <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/9fb669">Visual hunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> rainbow plastic straws, plastic straws, California straw ban](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7KCy2kJNA0rtJelkiDh_2iE6oEVEJ6hHhCH8toWcjy0FuFbScURmtH2E_z72uBCWb9hXx6DEEDlzSazvUWEvG56HjtsevLyQBDqEd9esKPrjeFTiDJGmjNKH1hfdi6gTZK9jip8noJo/s320/rainbow-plastic-straws.jpg)
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![Arctic Ice Sampling Photograph: Mar Fernandez/Alfred-Wegener-Institute arctic ice sampling, plastic in Arctic ice](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGfmVuED1z5fygRI3VLNsrZ_w5zMu0FUolMCYhuguwCYUdnZhX2mBXYq5FohCr-VK9ROP1lCiWMfBrrHnURuu5H96KSHf_btEHr2ppJVH5NUlcYM0EMbv78EEr0LHG4lJwVInA0KX1TQ/s320/arctic-ice-sampling.jpg)
3. A Thousand Tropical Islands to Become Uninhabitable by Mid-21st Century
Most tropical island atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise, which would lead to “upending the populations of some island nations and endangering key U.S. military assets.” Sea-level rise will inundate the islands, and the larger waves crashing onto the islands will contaminate their freshwater resources. The study, commissioned by the Pentagon, took place on the Marshall Islands, where the United States has a military base.
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![Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands: Photo by: Thomas Reiss/U.S. Geological Survey Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll, sea-level rise, climate change](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY6cch5fBGBANM9WBmKUOrmXyjGy5k9eMt4-vFPISOE8iQv8wTWwmO_r029jFJtran9vM5sYuMp4xm0JqkiO66J2XRnIUY47EjD0Vfy7bqgBvPaxlH4CHGGaMxBX9_Vd5ciOb1ZmW7O4/s320/Kwajalein-atoll-Marshall-Islands.jpeg)
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4. Surprisingly, Bottlenose Dolphins Found Off of British Columbia
Bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales, species normally found in temperate and tropical waters, have been sighted off of the cooler waters of British Columbia's Vancouver Island. The marine ecologist who spotted over 200 dolphins and 70 false killer whales said it was likely they were there due to warming waters caused by climate change. The scientist also documented a loggerhead sea turtle and a swordfish in the cool waters of British Columbia.
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![Bottlenose Dolphins: photo by Luke Halpin British Columbia, West Coast Vancouver Island, Bottlenose Dolphins](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tLIELIZLN1PDalgu1XgFLI9nY_o3FgeIwZ3-dQwfnvfFL_dkdrD5-0rfZSYcsZA4o42Un5bakDohyphenhyphenQzev_vVC_Onqw7QCnZ4hIC7G8NnL0TtVXn3x58w_M2T8zBAJYRB80XU5USTc_8/s320/bottlenose-dolphins-west-coast-vancouver-island.jpg)
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5. Tropical Fish Swim Down to Cooler Waters Due to Climate Change
![Deep Sea Corals photo by: NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research deep sea corals, NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh0RqwmKNQ8966gKWr0i-JUH-6bCbeSvB5TXox-1rRlyR06xn3GsHGTyR5Z9WVIM3Hhq3NF8G_Tmo6DWM-Zvee1W6JQUn7ydMavNeXbkifQkcrSarZczCbkXkE4LHQ963n_USzy1hpBM/s320/deep-sea-corals.jpg)
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