Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish
A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from “no-take” protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Tracking The Sources And Sinks of Local Marine Debris In Hawai‘i
Plastic pollution has biological, chemical, and physical effects on marine environments and economic effects on coastal communities. These effects are acute on southeastern Hawai’i Island, where volunteers remove 16 metric tons of debris annually from a 15 km coastline….
Concerns Raised Over Useless Arctic Oil Spill Plan
Greenpeace campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague.
Pollution causes burning to seabirds, UK
Several hundred marine birds including guillemots and razorbills have been found dead along the south coast from Cornwall to Sussex, covered in an unknown oily substance that has been dumped at sea.
Australian Government Pledges To Protect Great Barrier Reef
The Australian government pledged to stop coal port or shipping developments that would cause damage to the Great Barrier Reef as it responded to a Friday deadline amid UN warnings that the reef’s conservation status could be downgraded.
The Scariest Environmental Fact in the World
As the data show, China is now burning almost as much coal as the rest of the world, combined. And despite impressive support from Beijing for renewable energy and a dawning understanding about the dangers of air pollution, coal use in China is poised to continue rising, if slower than it has in recent years…
The Unwelcome Renaissance
Europe’s energy policy delivers the worst of all possible worlds…
One-third of fish caught in Channel have plastic contamination, study shows
One-third of fish caught off the south-west coast of England have traces of plastic contamination from sources including sanitary products and carrier bags, scientists have found.
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space
Oil companies at the heart of the US shale oil boom are burning off enough gas to power all the homes in Chicago and Washington combined in a practice causing growing concern about the waste of resources and damage to the environment.