Testing for plastic in exhaled dolphin breath

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One.

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Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our Oceans and Our Health

June 24, 2025
Join Dr. Britta Baechler (Ocean Conservancy), Christy Leavitt (Oceana), Emily Penn (ocean advocate & skipper), and Madeline Kaufman (Debris Free Oceans) on this exploration of how microplastics have littered marine ecosystems and impacted health—and what we can do to address this insidious challenge.

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Where the Wild Things Were

We are experiencing a devastating loss of wild nature—both the habitats that have been left unaltered by human activity and the species that have historically inhabited those places. Where the Wild Things Were offers a place to start for addressing this crisis.

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The Great Unraveling

Environmental and social challenges are now compounding to threaten the very systems that support the world we know. What does this Great Unraveling mean for both human civilization and the global ecosystem, and what we can do in response?

Holding the Fire

Holding the Fire

Award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail hosts in-depth interviews with leaders from around the world to uncover Indigenous ways of reckoning with environmental and societal breakdown.

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Deep Dive: Building Emotional Resilience

  • Panel event with Lise van Susteren and Dekila Chungyalpa (recording)
  • 2 recorded interviews with emotional resilience experts
  • 3 articles by Richard Heinberg and Rachel Donald
  • Additional curated resources

Deep Dive: Surviving Political Polarization

  • Panel event with experts on polarization and belonging (live/recorded)
  • Facilitated discussion to exchange ideas & resources (live/recorded)
  • 2 recorded interviews with experts and on-the-ground practitioners
  • 2 articles by Richard Heinberg
  • Additional curated resources

Deep Dive: Navigating Climate Unraveling

  • Panel event with renowned experts (live/recorded)
  • Facilitated discussion to exchange ideas & resources (live/recorded)
  • 3 recorded interviews with on-the-ground practitioners
  • 3 articles by Richard Heinberg
  • Additional curated resources

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Deep Dive: Navigating Climate Unraveling

  • Panel event with renowned experts (live/recorded)
  • Facilitated discussion to exchange ideas & resources (live/recorded)
  • 3 recorded interviews with on-the-ground practitioners
  • 3 articles by Richard Heinberg
  • Additional curated resources

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Deep Dive: Navigating Climate Unraveling

  • Panel event with renowned experts (live/recorded)
  • Facilitated discussion to exchange ideas & resources (live/recorded)
  • 3 recorded interviews with on-the-ground practitioners
  • 3 articles by Richard Heinberg
  • Additional curated resources

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