From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris – 360info
Bali has a unique opportunity to address plastic waste by integrating sustainable practices into the tourism experience.
Coastlines Around the World Are Losing Sediment – EOS
A new tool maps coastal sediments on the basis of water color. It shows that 75% of the world’s coastlines may be losing suspended sediment.
Vietnam ex-official took US$300,000 bribe to allow illicit sand mining – The Star
Police have recommended Nguyen Thanh Binh, the former chairman of the people’s committee in An Giang province in the Mekong river delta, be charged with power abuse, according to Public Security News, the official mouthpiece of the Ministry of Public Security. The area is a hotspot for sand mining…
A Few Surprises in Alaska’s Marine Environment in 2024 – NOAA
NOAA Fisheries releases their annual Ecosystem Status Reports including a new report card for the northern Bering Sea which shares some promising news about sea ice conditions…
How the Climate Movement Is Changing Tactics After Trump’s Win – the New York Times
Faced with a president-elect who has called global warming a “scam,” activists are changing their strategies and pushing a message of hope.
As Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What? – the New York Times
Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second.
Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up – the Guardian
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment produced 132m tonnes of it, analysis finds…
These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed – the Independent
Trillions of pieces of plastic are estimated to float in oceans around the world…
Mangroves in the Maldives have been drowning as sea level rises – the Conversation
Mangrove forests have been protecting coastlines around the world against erosion and storm surges for millennia. But in 2020, the residents on many islands in the Maldives noticed that many of their mangrove forests were starting to die off. Where once these forests had been lush, now they were turning brown and lifeless…