Marine waste is turning the Earth into a plastic planet
The Ocean Atlas published by the German Heinrich Boll Foundation, an independent international green think tank for policy reform and the University of Kiel’s Future Ocean Cluster of Excellence, lists the top 20 nations with the worst plastic waste mismanagement around the world.
How plastic waste moves in the environment
A researcher for the first time has modeled how microplastic fibers move through the environment. The work could someday help communities better understand and reduce plastics pollution, which is a growing problem around the world.
Nations must triple efforts to reach 2°C target, concludes annual review of global emissions
Global emissions are on the rise as national commitments to combat climate change come up short. But surging momentum from the private sector and untapped potential from innovation and green-financing offer pathways to bridge the emissions gap. Those findings along with a sweeping review of climate action and the latest measurements of global emissions were presented by authors of the 2018 Emissions Gap Report.
Cruise ship captain fined €100,000 for using dirty fuel
The captain of a cruise ship found to be burning fuel with excessive sulphur levels has been fined €100,000 in a Marseille court, the first such ruling in France. The prosecution was intended to signal a new seriousness in tackling pollution from cruise ships.
145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach
A group of 145 pilot whales stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach and died.
‘Washaway Beach,’ fastest-eroding place on the West Coast, cobbles together a solution
There’s a reason a quiet and desolate strip of sand here is nicknamed Washaway Beach. Coastal erosion has claimed an average of 100 feet of this shoreline every year for the last century. That makes North Cove the fastest-eroding place on the West Coast.
More than 100 sea turtles found dead off Cape Cod
A total of 173 sea turtles died off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this week because of the extreme cold.
New government report reveals staggering economic and health toll of climate change
Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, according to a long-awaited report released Friday by the federal government.
Midnight Blue – a sand art animation, by David Myriam
This ecological tale takes us to the heart of the underwater world, between night and light, following the rhythm of a whale’s meditations, a privileged witness of human activity on the oceans.