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Reaching Past Borders to Protect the Mediterranean
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The EcoOcean research vessel R/V Mediterranean Explorer. Photo: EcoOcean.
Countries around the Mediterranean have been abuzz in recent weeks over currently thwarted plans to sail a flotilla of ships to run Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip -- an action that ended in nine deaths, and ongoing regional tensions, last year. Meanwhile, a less-heralded seafaring expedition took to the sam...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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