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Plastic Pollution in the World’s Oceans ‘Costs up to $2.5bn a Year’
Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans costs up to $2.5 billion (£1.9bn) a year in damaged and lost resources.
That’s according to a new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, which suggests industries...
Mutilated Dolphins Wash Up on French Coast in Record Numbers
A record number of dolphins have washed up on France’s Atlantic coast in the last three months, many with devastating injures.Environmental campaigners say 1,100 mutilated dolphins have been found since January, but...
Industrial Fishing Ushers the Albatross Closer to Extinction, Say Researchers
Industrial fishing vessels that accidentally kill tens of thousands of albatrosses each year routinely ignore regulations designed to save the birds from extinction, according to research.Using satellite data, investigators found that vessels...
With Only 74 Left, New Protections Announced for Iconic Killer Whales
With only 74 remaining in the wild, time is running out to save southern resident killer whales, especially after two died this summer.
This week, the Canadian government announced a slew of measures...
We Have 12 years to Limit Climate Change Catastrophe, Warns UN
The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly...
Cod Leds Have Their Plaice in Energy Efficient Fishing?
Green or blue LEDS could replace energy-intensive incandescent lighting used to lure fish towards bait.
Forget just cutting your domestic electricity bill with LEDs – now you can use energy efficient lighting to catch...
Fish Populations Could Rise in Warming Climate with Better Management
Better management of fisheries and fishing rights around the world could increase profits and leave more fish in the sea as long as measures to meet climate obligations are taken, new research...
Passionate Fisherman in the Struggle for Preservation of Untouched Nature
Twenty years ago, he won the affection of a broader audience with the role of Brando in the television serial “Family Treasure”. Since then, Vojin Cetkovic has shown that he is equally...
Almost all World’s Oceans Damaged by Human Impact, Study Finds
The remaining wilderness areas, mostly in the remote Pacific and at the poles, need urgent protection from fishing and pollution, scientists say.
Just 13% of the world’s oceans remain untouched by the damaging...
‘Atlantification’ of Arctic Ocean Speeds Up
The Arctic Ocean is warming so rapidly that it may soon transform into an upper arm of the Atlantic Ocean, researchers say.
A study published this week in Nature Climate Change shows how...
Greenpeace Finds Microplastics and Hazardous Chemicals in Remote Antarctic Waters
Another day, another sign of the reach of the global ocean plastics crisis. A Greenpeace expedition to Antarctica turned up microplastics in more than half of ocean water samples taken in the...
A Fishing Town in India Is Building a Road to a Plastic-Free Ocean
A fishing town on the southwest tip of India is showing what a community can achieve when it decides to face an environmental problem and turn it into a solution, using ocean...
