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![Humpback whales feed together just outside Glacier Bay, Alaska.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gbnp-cmg-20180920-1-187-894e440169edd10b31df303c3700c14752b7a9d1-scaled-e1595272912199-900x422.jpg)
Whales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceans
By: Lauren Sommer | NPR
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A drop in shipping traffic is reducing underwater noise, so scientists are listening for how whales and other marine life are responding.
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November Morsbag Pod Meetup
What is a Morsbag, you ask? An international movement known as Morsbags has formed ‘pods’ of sewists all over the world who meet up to sociably upcycle fabrics into reusable… Read More
![The deep ocean is filled with sea creatures like giant larvaceans. They're actually the size of tadpoles, but they're surrounded by a yard-wide bubble of mucus that collects food — and plastic. "We found small plastic pieces in every single larvacean that we examined from different depths across the water column," says researcher Anela Choy.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/larvacean-bf6afb160bae8e04f559a678500d12ef04ceec56-e1559829595583-900x422.jpg)
Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
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Giant gyres of plastic in the ocean grab headlines, but it’s the tiny bits of plastic that scare scientists. And they’ve made their way everywhere, a new study finds – including our seafood.