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Saving the oceans seems like an impossibly daunting task, one most people would have no idea how to even begin. So we asked 12 of the world’s foremost ocean experts–scientists, policymakers, and a reality TV star/sea captain–how they’d do it. The answers were varied, from political to high-tech solutions, from big to small, but they were all very clear: this is something we all must do, and it’s something we all can do.
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