The International Programme for the State of the Ocean (IPSO) is now telling us the oceans have reached a do or die phase.

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The state of the ocean today should be the tipping point that wakes us up from the trance of consumption that we haven lulled into complacency with, and which sends us into a new era of material science, bio and ocean degradability, and new re-use technologies.

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The balloon's red and white wreckage was found in the Pacific Ocean south of the capital, Lima, the state-run Andina news agency reported.

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When European exploration began, Britain's more constrained crown left trade in the hands of privateers, whereas Spain favoured state control of ocean commerce.

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In that tawdry light, you couldn't have blamed Joeckel or Fisher for wanting no part of the Chiefs, especially considering that the second pick would go to the Jaguars of Jacksonville, an ocean-side locale in a state with no income tax (compared with 6% in Missouri).

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One is Rhode Island, which in two decades lost 10% of its population, much of it to estate-tax-free Florida, according to the Ocean State Policy Research Institute.

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After taking samples from 21 spots along the coast, researchers expected to find the most caffeine pollution in areas near wastewater treatment plants, large population centers or rivers and streams emptying into the ocean, said Elise Granek, assistant professor of Environmental Science and Management at Portland State.

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"Whether you're talking about wanting to go to the ocean or the mountains, those are kinds of activities that can be done in a state park at a relatively low cost, " he said.

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