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A plant-based diet is a great way to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.  This type of diet emphasizes fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, legumes, and nuts.  Typically, these diets will contain fewer calories and fats, which puts you at a lower risk for heart disease.  High quantities of saturated fats increase the risk of developing heart disease and can

What is Asparagopsis Taxiformis?

Asparagopsis Taxiformis is a red seaweed that grows in the tropics and warm-temperate areas of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.  It was introduced into the Mediterranean and first discovered in the early 1800s in Alexandria, Egypt.  Rarely found in the United States, this seaweed prefers warm water

What are the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations?

These development goals are a blueprint set in place to help the world step towards a more sustainable future.  The goals are interconnected and configured to tackle global challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, justice, and peace.  There are 17 goals with a shared global mission for expected achievement by 2030.

Corals Definition:  A tiny soft-bodied animal that lives within a stony skeleton clustered in large colonies that spend their adult lives in one location.

Coral reefs have been around for 500 million years and are extremely important to ocean life.  Many are unaware that coral is a type of animal.  They are alive and are made up of thousands of polyps, or small animals.  A polyp is a small, soft-bodied