World Oceans Day takes us to the warm waters off Maui, home to this green sea turtle and many other species that rely on healthy oceans. The annual celebration, recognized by the UN, is an effort to raise awareness about ocean conservation with events around the world, including here in Hawaii. This year’s theme is preventing plastic pollution. Plastics pose a serious threat to marine animals, including sea turtles, which are known to ingest them and become seriously injured or killed. Here’s an easy way to help: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
Today in History
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Mediterranean red sea stars
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Keep watching the skies
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New Years Eve in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Saint Andrews Day
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Make way for robots
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Sharp-dressed bug
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World Rainforest Day
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Glacial rivers in Iceland
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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Winter solstice
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Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy
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The Bahamas
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International Womens Day
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Stepping into autumn
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National Napping Day
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A midsummer twilight s dream
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Shark Awareness Day
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
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