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Here’s to many a Monterey Bay sunset this 2019! Yesterday’s edition was quite the start to the year!

It's not fun without you. I miss you.

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Rendsburg, Germany (by Sebastian)

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Winter Wonderland Dreaming - Sequoia National Park

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orcas in norway

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I can smell this picture and my heart just smiled.

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Casa Batllo, Barcelona (by ChristianSchd)

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How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways…

Trump administration approves seismic tests that could harm thousands of Atlantic dolphins and whales

The Trump administration took an important step toward future oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic shore, approving five requests allowing companies to conduct deafening seismic surveys that could harm tens of thousands of dolphins, whales and other marine animals, according to studies.

In an announcement Friday, the National Marine Fisheries Service, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, declared that it issued final “incidental take” authorizations permitting companies conducting the surveys to harm wildlife if its unintentional.

“NOAA Fisheries is clear in the documentation related to [incidental take authorizations] that we do not expect mortality to occur as a result of these surveys,” said a spokeswoman, Katherine Brogan. But numerous scientific studies show acoustic sound can harm and potentially kill animals.