We can't undo the damage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. But we can stop it from happening again.

"The agony of foreknowledge combined with the impotence to do anything about it..." — Dr. Kathryn Railly, "12 Monkeys"

What would it take to go back in time to before the BP oil spill?

We've seen how the Gulf of Mexico looks today, five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster and more than a year since the "official" end of cleanup efforts.

But do you ever wonder what it would be like if we could actually undo what was done? If there were some kind of magical reset button that allow us to go back to the fateful day right before everything went wrong?

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7 things to know about the world's oceans that could actually help human beings.

Things are goin' DOWN on the high seas.

Sebastian the crab from "The Little Mermaid" was right.

GIF via "The Little Mermaid."

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What do portobello mushrooms have to do with better batteries? Everything.

This is not just a portobello mushroom.

It's much more than a burger patty replacement, humble pasta ingredient, or house for Smurfs and/or pixies.

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Nearly 200 countries have signed on to a plan to tackle the world's biggest problems. Let's do it.

Ambitious? Absolutely. Impossible? Hardly.

Activists, celebrities, and nearly 200 world leaders have gathered for a not-so-simple goal: to save the world.

Seriously.

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