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How Trump Derailed a NOAA Pioneer’s Move From Climate Impacts to Solutions

Libby Jewett founded the U.S. ocean acidification program and had begun work on offshore wind energy. But she joined the past year’s historic exodus from the agency, the impacts of which are still not clear.

By Marianne Lavelle

Libby Jewett, the founding director of NOAA’s ocean acidification program, retired last year amid widespread layoffs across government agencies. Credit: Danielle Pease
A woman stands with a bucket of mussels in front of the sea at Magoito Beach in Portugal. Credit: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels  Earlier Than Scientists Thought

By Georgina Gustin

Christopher Swain

One Man's 1,000-Mile Atlantic Swim Calls Out CO2's Impact on Oceans

By Stacy Morford

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