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The Turtle Island Restoration Network in Galveston, Texas, is fighting to preserve a delicate ecosystem on behalf of marine life.

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(Andreas Koutsodendris via AP) A tourist drinks water as she and a man sit under an umbrella in front of the five century BC Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during a heat wave, on July 13, 2023 ...