Movie Review: Aquarela (2018)

Viktor Kossakovsky’s new film, Aquarela, is billed as a documentary that “takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.”  If you hear “documentary about water” and think you’ll be hearing the soothing whispers of David Attenborough, think again. I’d characterize it instead as:  a high-resolution photographic painting […]

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Ocean Life Revealed By eDNA

So much of the world’s life occurs in oceans. We are quickly realizing that human by-products, such as macro- and microplastics, pollution from manufacturing, and fertilizer runoff from farming or your front lawn, are affecting life in the oceans. Why do all of these substances accumulate so easily? For substances like fertilizers, the answer lies […]

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