Plastic garbage patch bigger than Mexico found in Pacific
Yet another floating mass of microscopic plastic has been discovered in the ocean, and it is mind-blowingly vast.
The Remote Paradise with a Plastic Problem
In the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, far from the urban, developed world, there is a small, lush, green island with white sand beaches. However, this uninhabited, remote corner of the tropics—Henderson Island—also has a trash problem.
More than 8. 3 billion tons of plastics made: Most has now been discarded
Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or the natural environment, according to a study.
From Myanmar to Mumbai: your images of plastic waste around the world
Readers document the rising environmental crisis of plastic waste, as the planet struggles to cope with a million plastic bottles being sold every minute…
Indigenous Artists Turn Ghost Nets — Which Destroy Australia’s Ocean Life — Into Artwork
Ghost nets — the name given to abandoned or discarded fishing nets — are dangerous traps for marine life and are a particular problem on Australia’s far north coast. But one group, GhostNets Australia, is dedicated to removing the nets and cleaning up the ocean. And a group of indigenous artists are turning those nets into powerful works of art.
Unique coral reef at risk as oil companies plan to drill near Amazon river mouth
Oil companies planning to drill near a vast coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon river have calculated that the unique ecosystem has a 30% chance of being affected in the event of an oil spill. The unique reef system astonished marine biologists when its existence was widely revealed last year, and is believed it could be the home for dozens of previously unknown species.
Trump’s alarming environmental rollback: what’s been scrapped so far
Since January, the White House, Congress and EPA have engineered a dizzying reversal of regulations designed to protect the environment and public health.
Ocean Oddities: Pacific’s Plastic Island
Ever since people invented trash, the sea has served as our favorite dump.
Business View: ‘No Good Reason For Drilling’
Every aspect of offshore drilling, from exploration to transporting the product from the drilling site, has implications for marine life and coastal communities.