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Plastics Industry Knew About Ocean Pollution Long Time Ago

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:00:09 +0000

The scientific community has reported plastic ocean pollution to be an issue for quite some time now, although for laymen is becoming a visible problem in recent years. This important matter is the point of analysis in a report by The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). As the problem of marine plastic pollution gets greater public […]

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Ocean Garbage Sabotages Search for the Missing MH370 Flight

Mila Luleva — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:26:41 +0000

We all read the news about the tragedy that struck the Malaysia Airlines passengers from Flight 370 last month. The search for the missing plane was occupying the front pages of all news sites and papers, and people followed the attempts of numerous professionals and volunteers to identify objects that may belong to the aircraft. […]

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Plastisphere, The New Ocean Ecosystem Created From Waste

Mila Luleva — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:42:48 +0000

Have you heard of the plastisphere? It is a real thing. And it is an entirely new ecosystem in the Pacific that we, the greatest polluters on the planet, have created by disposing of plastics without control or a second thought. If it is a good or a bad thing only time can tell, but […]

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140 Nations Agree on Reducing Mercury Pollution

Mila Luleva — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:32:21 +0000

One hundred and forty nations made a pact to reduce emissions of mercury from mining, utility plants and other industrial processes. New stricter regulations were adopted, together with enforceable limits and proposing alternatives that do not use mercury. Mercury is a harmful and toxic natural element, which is usually found in the environment as a […]

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Giant Plastic Patches to Float on the Oceans For Hundreds of Years

Mila Luleva — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:39:21 +0000

Regardless of where in the world plastic garbage is thrown in the ocean, new research shows that it can get carried to any of the ocean basins. Scientists from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, based at UNSW, have established that even if we stop throwing plastics now, the places […]

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Sea Sponges Could Be Used to Detect Climate Change and Water Pollution

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:32:13 +0000

Kuo Yang and Susanne Zeile, guided by Prof. Wei Zhang discovered that sea sponges can tell whether they’ve suffered changes because of climate change or other pollutants in the water they live in. They performed tests on sea sponges by artificially increasing water temperatures, adding pollutants or modifying the acidity levels. The results have been […]

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