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In this photo provided by the Ocean Alk-Align project, pink dye is released into Tufts Cove along Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada, as part of a project by the company Planetary Technologies to test whether adding alkaline minerals to the ocean can help slow climate change, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.
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