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This week, we show how proposed cuts to the federal budget would jeopardize decades of progress in understanding our ocean planet. We’re also confronting the toxic legacy of gold mining in the Amazon. Plus, join the 'Shark Week' frenzy with a science-based discussion on the importance of these apex predators. Dive in!

In the News

To lead at sea, we must understand the sea

Ocean leaders warn that cuts to science could threaten U.S. advantage and national security

Oceanus

Gold mining's toxic legacy

Mercury pollution in Colombia’s Amazon threatens the Indigenous way of life

In the News

Sharks on the big screen and in the big blue

WHOI scientists set the record straight on pop culture’s favorite predators