Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
Environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the world’s coral reefs — the ‘canaries in the coal mine’ of climate change.
A Global Instrument to End Plastic Pollution
Last month, I had a front row seat to the biggest international effort to tackle the scourge of plastic pollution yet. On March 2, 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) agreed on a resolution under the name “End plastic pollution: Towards an internationally legally binding instrument.” This historic resolution is a triumph of international […]
Cloud of Sea, collecting microplastics directly by boaters
It is now a certainty, the marine environment is widely polluted with microplastics. An Italian designer has imagined a kind of large fender to collect this pollution in the water without it being a hindrance for the boat. A solution still in the prototype stage, but sufficiently successful to be of interest.
Sustainable Marine Preps to Feed Tidal Energy into Nova Scotia Grid
Sustainable Marine is poised to push the button and feed zero emission electricity generated from the tidal flows in the Bay of Fundy into the Nova Scotia grid, an achievement that follows several months of intense activity in the Bay of Fundy by Sustainable Marine’s Canadian…
Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study
UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn Chemicals found in sunscreen lotions are accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, a study has found. Scientists discovered ultraviolet filters in the stems of Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass species found on the coast of Mallorca and endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Continue reading…
Free wooden bellyboard hire scheme aims to cut plastic pollution
Surf Wood for Good aims to tackle waste caused by polystyrene bodyboards by lending beachgoers UK-made wooden boardsA new initiative is offering free bellyboard hire across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to discourage the use of polluting plastic boards.Surf Wood for Good aims to tackle the waste caused by polystyrene bodyboards, which are usually imported […]
The global plastic flood reaches the Arctic
Even the High North can’t escape the global threat of plastic pollution. An international review study shows, the flood of plastic has reached all spheres of the Arctic: large quantities of plastic – transported by rivers, the air and shipping- can now be found in the Arctic Ocean.
Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time
Particles discovered in tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery, with polypropylene and PET most common Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed. The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the […]
Big brands must seize the moment to end the plastic pollution crisis
One of my earliest memories as a young child in the Philippines is collecting glass bottles of Coca-Cola from our house during big holiday reunions or family celebrations. Together with my younger sister, we would carry three to five one-liter glass bottles in our small arms and return them to the sari-sari store – our […]
A Million Little Pieces: The Race to Rebuild the World’s Reefs
Nearly half of these ocean ecosystems have been wiped out since 1950. One man is on a mission to reverse that—by speed-growing coral in hyperefficient nurseries.
