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Makah Whaling and Their Historical Relationship to the Sea

Joshua Reid— This last March, the National Marine Fisheries Service invited public input on a recently released draft environmental impact statement that evaluates the Makah Nation’s request to resume hunting gray whales off the coast of Washington State. Most of the feedback on the government website that is collecting this

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Congratulations Contest Winners: Atlas of Oceans!

Congrats to our contest winners, Agustin (and Jessica!), Antonio, and Byron who will receive a copy of John Farndon‘s Atlas of Oceans! You may have tuned in last week to PRI’s The World to catch Farndon‘s interview and the related Geo Quiz about the newly identified fifth ocean, but these

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2 Days Left for Atlas of Oceans Contest!

Only two days left to enter our contest and win a free copy of John Farndon‘s Atlas of Oceans. Remember: you must correctly identify the landmasses on the cover image and live in North America to win. Submit your answer and e-mail address as a comment to our blog (not

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Atlas of Oceans Giveaway Contest!

We are soon to publish here in North America John Farndon’s Atlas of Oceans: An Ecological Survey of Underwater Life. If the title has not already begun to hint, this book goes under the sea to investigate the biological conditions of marine ecosystems, taking into consideration the climate changes that

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