Pollution
Pollution Introduction to Pollution More on Pollution . . . Ecosystem Destruction Plastic Pollution Pollution Plastic gets to the oceans through over 1,000 rivers May 11, 2021 Coastal Care Excerpts: The problem with plastic waste just got more complicated—and so did the effort to stanch its flow into the world’s oceans. Read Full Article, National Geographic (05-11-2021) […]
25 of Africa’s best beaches
From the wind-tickled shores of the Seychelles to the haunting, seal-dappled coast of Namibia, the continent’s sandy fringe is varied and dramatic. Here’s a small sample of Africa’s best beaches.
Affluent countries contribute less to wildlife conservation than the rest of the world
A new research collaboration has found that, despite facing a number of domestic challenges, such as poverty and political instability in many parts of the continent, Africa was found to prioritise wildlife preservation, and contribute more to conservation than any other region of the world. African countries made up four of the five top-performing mega-fauna conservation nations…
Plastic Pollution
PLASTIC POLLUTION: PHOTO GALLERY FEATURED PLASTIC POLLUTION ARTICLE When The Mermaids Cry: The Great Plastic Tide By Claire Le Guern Last updated in November 2019. Introduction The world population is living, working, vacationing, increasingly conglomerating along the coasts, and standing on the front row of the greatest, most unprecedented, plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed […]
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Desert Coast, Morocco, Western Sahara
Recently tweeted from the International Space Station, this image of the extremely arid West African coast of the Atlantic Ocean looks otherworldly.
Plastic Pollution
The world population is living, working, vacationing, increasingly conglomerating along the coasts, and standing on the front row of the greatest, most unprecedented, plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed out on our coasts in obvious and clearly visible form, the plastic pollution spectacle blatantly unveiling on our beaches is only the prelude of the greater story that unfolded further away in the world’s oceans, yet mostly originating from where we stand: the land.