A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. MARINE SCIENCE Should You Let a Shrimp Clean Your Teeth? (National Geographic) Cleaner shrimp make everyone smile, but videos show they don’t mind making those smiles even brighter. …
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By Mary Luna, Coastal and Marine Scientist, Heal the Bay During my student days I used to drive from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica for a relaxing run on the sand. I’ve always found the shoreline a peaceful place. …
Read moreA monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. MARINE SCIENCE Climate Change Can Be Stopped by Turning Air Into Gasoline (The Atlantic) A team of scientists from Harvard University and the company Carbon Engineering announced on …
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By California Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon (D-Whittier), author of Assembly Bill 1884, which calls upon dine-in, full service restaurants to have a straws-upon-request policy. The California Coastal Commission has recorded roughly 835,425 plastic straws and stirrers collected between 1988 …
Read moreAltaSea and the Boys and Girls Clubs Announce Blue Economy Education Program The annual ILWU/PMA Luncheon raising funds for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor drew hundreds of supporters celebrating the Clubs as one of the …
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