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#1206152019-04-02
Manipur’s recent plastic ban appears in election discussions
Forty-year-old Thoi has been selling different varieties of rice inside the historic Ima Keithel all-women market in Imphal, the capital city of India’s north-east state of Manipur, for the past 12 years.
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#1206012019-04-01
Essential Science: Time to ban glitter? A microplastic risk
A recent study from the journal Geochemical Perspectives finds that microplastics have been detected at the deepest point of the ocean, Challenger Deep, in the western Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. See: “Microplastics contaminate the deepest part of the world’s ocean.”
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#1205712019-03-29
EU bans widely used pesticide over safety concerns
One of the world’s most common pesticides will soon be banned by the European Union after safety officials reported human health and environmental concerns.
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#1204572019-03-22
Dead whale 'had 40kg of plastic in its stomach'
A dead whale has been found washed up in the Philippines with a stomach filled with 40kg of plastic. Workers at D'Bone Collector Museum in Davao City recovered the body of the Cuvier's beaked whale before making the discovery.
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#1204652019-03-22
Le plastique menace la biodiversité aux Galápagos
Juste armés de gants, gardes du parc des Galápagos et bénévoles combattent un monstre créé par les humains: des tonnes de plastique que les courants marins poussent jusque dans les estomacs des animaux uniques de cet archipel de l'océan Pacifique.
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#1203992019-03-15
Dead whale washed up in Philippines had 40kg of plastic bags in its stomach
Marine biologists horrified to find 16 rice sacks and multiple shopping bags inside Cuvier’s beaked whale
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#1203702019-03-14
The Looming Plastic Pollution Crisis
Recent studies in the Arctic revealed that each litre of sea ice contains around 12,000 particles of microplastic, which scientists believe are being ingested by native animals and marine life.
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#1203712019-03-14
How pollution and greenhouse gases affect the climate in the Sahel
Over the last decade many countries in the Sahel region—the semi-arid southern edge of the Sahara that stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia—have been embroiled in conflict. Populations in these countries are growing. This means that resources are increasingly scarce, and a highly variable climate ...
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#1203722019-03-14
#Plasticfree: how to handle the scary plastic threat on our own backs
Doing the laundry for a family of four every week has always been tedious, but now it is burdened by knowing that almost every item we wash is releasing hundreds of thousands of tiny synthetic fibers into our waterways and the ocean beyond.
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#1203152019-03-12
Pathogens hitchhiking on plastics ‘could carry cholera from India to US’
Dangerous sewage pathogens have been found “hitch-hiking” on plastic litter washed up on some of Scotland’s finest bathing beaches, raising concerns from scientists the phenomenon could have far-reaching implications for human health worldwide.
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#1203172019-03-12
It’s time to let go of nitrogen fertiliser
In the first decade of the 20th century, two German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, developed a way to produce synthetic nitrogen cheaply and on a large scale.
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#1203182019-03-12
A new paradigm for plastics
We have long known that the accumulation of plastic in the world’s landfills and oceans represents a growing environmental risk. More recently, we have come to understand that plastic poses an urgent – even deadly – threat to public health, too. And yet, global efforts to address the plastic cri ...
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#1202712019-03-07
Microplastic pollution revealed ‘absolutely everywhere’ by new research
Microplastic pollution spans the world, according to new studies showing contamination in the UK’s lake and rivers, in groundwater in the US and along the Yangtze river in China and the coast of Spain.
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#1202132019-03-05
Beaches are banning sunscreens to save coral reefs
Many families will soon escape the winter to seek warmer, sunnier climes. Swimsuits and sunglasses will invariably find their way into suitcases, but one common item might be giving people a little more pause than it once did: sunscreen.
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#1201702019-03-01
Balloons the number one marine debris risk of mortality for seabirds
The data showed that a seabird ingesting a single piece of plastic had a 20 per cent chance of mortality, rising to 50 per cent for nine items and 100 per cent for 93 items.
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#1201262019-02-27
World's deepest waters becoming 'ultimate sink' for plastic waste
The world’s deepest ocean trenches are becoming “the ultimate sink” for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet.
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#1201352019-02-27
Study suggests humans are now producing more chemical waste than can be tested
A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found evidence that suggests humans are dumping more chemical waste into the environment than can be tested for its impact. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes ...
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#1200732019-02-22
Indonesians clean up the beach one sandal at a time
Hundreds of people sifted through a vast wasteland of rubbish strewn across a beach in Indonesia on Thursday, underscoring the Southeast Asian archipelago's mammoth marine waste problem
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#1200482019-02-21
Cleaning up Everest – the world's highest rubbish dump
Mount Everest has turned into a dumping ground as the growing numbers of climbers leave their trash behind on the mountain.
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#1199632019-02-15
This unique map shows which rivers are most polluted with plastic
Every year, approximately eight million metric tons of plastic enters the world’s oceans – the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic every single minute.
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#1199642019-02-15
Can Our Individual Plastic Footprint Stop The Ocean Of Waste From Submerging Us?
Plastic production will increase by 20,000% in 40 years if we keep things how they are. Plastic is everywhere. Over the years it became one of the most used material, and it got to a point where the cars and planes we travel on are made at 50% by plastic, or where it is more common for clothes t ...
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#1199672019-02-15
It's not just microbeads - these are the beauty ingredients that are still polluting our oceans
Remember January 8th 2018? No? Well, it was a great day, namely because the UK government banned the production of microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics, including shower gels, soaps and face wash.
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#1199122019-02-12
Boat made of old flip-flops flies flag for cleaner African seas
It was 6pm when an unusual rainbow-coloured boat, made of recycled plastic waste and discarded flip-flops gathered from beaches and roadsides, dropped anchor off the beach at Mtwapa, near Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa.
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#1198782019-02-11
Sensing Change: How Sound, Light and Smell Can Affect Plants and Animals
Last week, Romulus Whitaker, known popularly as India’s ‘snake man’, published an Instagram post expressing his concern about the Sheraton Grand Hotel next door to the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, outside Chennai, blasting loud music that was “triggering aberrant behaviour” among the animals.
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#1198502019-02-08
Tasmania's lakes among most contaminated in the world
Metal contamination levels in some of Tasmania’s lakes are among the highest in the world, a new study has found, while those within the state’s Wilderness World Heritage Area have also been badly polluted by mining.
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#1198562019-02-08
Plastic-Free Year,’ ‘Plastic-Free Legacy’ programmes encourage recycling
Several initiatives to bolster tourism by encouraging the public and youth to recycling and eliminate single-use plastics have been launched by been launched by the Ministry of Tourism.
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#1198572019-02-08
From paradise to landfill: beloved California beach covered in trash
Beachgoers hoping to stretch their legs on southern California’s famous Seal Beach were surprised to find a mountain of trash instead of sand and surf this week.
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#1198602019-02-08
Brûler les déchets verts est nocif pour la santé et l’environnement
Brûler les déchets de jardin peut paraître un geste anodin. C'est pourtant interdit par la loi, car néfaste pour l'environnement comme pour votre santé. Explications.
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#1198362019-02-07
Are forests now playing a role in air pollution?
A study suggests that as forests change, higher levels of nitrogen oxides are to be expected, making it more difficult for some regions to meet national air quality standards.
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#1198372019-02-07
Slaking the World’s Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans
Growing populations and tightening water supplies have spurred people in many places—including the Middle East, Australia, California and China—to look to the oceans and other salty waters as a source of new drinking water. But desalination plants are energy intensive and create a potentially en ...
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#1197422019-02-04
The new plastic threat to marine life: Glue-like substances secreted by ocean bacteria
Microplastics are merging with bacteria and turning into large clumps in sea water, scientists have discovered. Glue-like molecules emitted by bacteria - called biopolymers - join with the plastic particles to form large masses.
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#1197512019-02-04
Ce « mur vivant » qui filtre le plastique dans le port de Sydney est un espoir contre la pollution
En collaboration avec Reef Design Lab et le Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Volvo a conçu une innovation qui pourrait ramener de la biodiversité tout en combattant la pollution marine. Baptisé Living Seawall (la digue vivante), ce mur se compose de tuiles faites en béton marin dont la struct ...
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#1197222019-02-01
Plastic in the oceans is not the fault of the global south
Plastic pollution in developing Asia is often in the spotlight, but the conversation largely ignores the role of Western countries in the plastic waste trade.
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#1196972019-01-31
Plastic waste in oceans killing marine life in coastal waters in VN
An X-ray and ultrasound scan at a hospital showed an astonishing amount of plastic waste inside the turtle. Despite thorough care and endoscopic surgery, the turtle was still weak and needed more time to recover.
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#1197032019-01-31
Plastic in Britain's seals, dolphins and whales
Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new study of animals washed up on Britain's shores.
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#1197042019-01-31
Scorecard measures nutrient pollution in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha
UN Environment has been working with a broad range of partners to better assess the health of lake ecosystems in India, Kenya and the Philippines. Economic activity in and around Lake Naivasha, and the rapidly growing population, have placed mounting environmental pressure on this important sour ...
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#1196552019-01-29
Microplastics flushed into the oceans are causing mussels to lose their grip
Microplastics flushed into the oceans are causing mussels to lose their grip, a new study warned. The tiny particles of plastic fragments are affecting the ability of mussels to attach themselves to their surroundings and triggering an immune response in the mollusc.
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#1196342019-01-28
New Australia mass fish deaths in key river system
Thousands more fish have died in a key river system in drought-hit eastern Australia just weeks after up to a million were killed, authorities and locals said Monday, sparking fears an ecological disaster is unfolding.
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#1195832019-01-25
Plastic pollution increasing at the top of the Earth
Increasing amounts of plastic pollution have been detected in Europe's most northern Arctic regions.Scientists are registering high concentrations of microplastic particles not only in Arctic waters but also in the Arctic ice and snow.
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#1195282019-01-22
The End Of Plastic Cutlery, Plates And Straws: EU Market Says Goodbye To Single-Use Plastic Products
Europe wants to lead the fight against plastic pollution. On January 18th EU member states confirmed the provisional agreement reached between the presidency of the Council and the European Parliament on a new directive to introduce restrictions on certain single-use plastic products.
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#1195152019-01-21
Pollution in India Could Reshape Monsoons
Over the next decade, more than 400 large dams will be built on the Himalayan rivers—by India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan—to feed the region’s hunger for electricity and its need for irrigation. New ports and thermal power plants line the coastal arc that runs from India, through Southea ...
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#1195042019-01-18
Plastic in the ocean: Plastic producers team up and pledge $1bn to combat the plastic problem
Plastic-producing companies around the world have teamed up and committed to investing more than $1 billion to cut our plastic waste.The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), made up of almost 30 companies, will build solutions that will reduce the amount of plastic created and help deal with si ...
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#1193552019-01-14
See How This Non-Profit Is Using The Blockchain To Clean Up The Niger Delta
Cleaning up the oil spills along the Niger Delta is no quick or easy task.Yet for one 501(c)(3) non-profit it's dedicated to alleviating the oil spill issues by Shell and other companies, which are impacting people's lives, through the use of the blockchain.
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#1193662019-01-14
Watch how air pollution moves across Europe
This is what pollution looks like on a European scale.The animation shows the concentration and movement through the atmosphere of nitrogen dioxide. NO₂ is a problem gas that is produced primarily by vehicle exhausts and industrial activity via the burning of fossil fuels.
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#1193132019-01-10
Quieter ships could help Canada's endangered orcas recover
With the death of the young female orca calf known as J50 in the Pacific Northwest in September 2018, the population of southern resident killer whales has fallen to 74.
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#1193082019-01-09
The ocean garbage patch is tiny compared to our carbon footprint
Last summer, I volunteered in Indonesia on the islands of Simeulue and Bangkaru. During this unique opportunity, I helped to monitor and protect the local green sea turtle population, and I witnessed firsthand the effects of waste on the environment.
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#1192532019-01-04
Bolivian bees under threat from coca pesticides
High up in the Bolivian cloud forest, a woman tends to her bees, smoker in hand, working from hive to hive under a canopy of leaves to delicately gather panels of honeycomb. It's a bucolic scene that experts say won't last, for the bees are dying.
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#1192292019-01-03
Floating parks made from plastic waste could unite communities to tackle pollution
The equivalent of one truck of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean every minute, but what if it could be caught and removed before it drifted out to sea? One such solution, called the Recycled Park Project, is being floated in Rotterdam. Developed over the last five years, the idea is turning ...
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#1192332019-01-03
How a Seaweed-Eating Microbe Could Help Fight Plastic Pollution
Around 8 million metric tons of plastic are estimated to enter the oceans every year. But the oceans could provide a solution to this plastic pollution problem. In a new study published in Bioresource Technology, scientists report that certain salt-loving microorganisms could eat seaweed and pro ...
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#1191952018-12-27
Could a Seaweed-Eating Microbe Help Solve the Ocean Plastic Crisis?
The use of traditional plastics poses a major threat to the world's oceans: If current trends continue, plastics will outnumber fish by 2050. But the oceans might also contain the solution to this massive problem, researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have discovered.