Tag: Pollution

Coastal CareNovember 2, 2020

Racing for a good cause – When skippers give real meaning to their performance

Road to the Vendée Globe #6 – Many of the skippers in the IMOCA class are men and women who when competing in the various events in the circuit and in particular in the forthcoming Vendée Globe (which starts on 8th November), are committed to adding that extra something to their project by conveying messages around a range of subjects.

Coastal CareOctober 31, 2020

Ecosystem Destruction | News | Pollution

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground

Not far from Santa Catalina Island, in an ocean shared by divers and fishermen, kelp forests and whales, David Valentine decoded unusual signals underwater that gave him chills.

Coastal CareOctober 24, 2020

Ecosystem Destruction | News | Pollution

Metal deposits from Chinese coal plants end up in the Pacific Ocean, research shows

Emissions from coal-fired power plants in China are fertilizing the North Pacific Ocean with a metal nutrient important for marine life, according to new findings from a USC-led research team..

Coastal CareSeptember 8, 2020

News | Pollution

In EU, 1 in 8 deaths linked to pollution: report

In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Coastal CareSeptember 3, 2020

Climate Change | Climate Change News | News | Pollution

Aviation contributes 3.5% to the drivers of climate change that stem from humans

A new international study provides unprecedented calculations of the impact of aviation on the climate from 2000 to 2018 to produce the most comprehensive insight to date.

Coastal CareSeptember 2, 2020

News | Pollution

The widespread footprint of blue jean microfibers

Researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters have detected indigo denim microfibers not only in wastewater effluent, but also in lakes and remote Arctic marine sediments.

Coastal CareAugust 7, 2020

Climate Change | Climate Change News | News | Pollution

Greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping increasing

National governments have a much greater responsibility for shipping emissions than previously estimated, finds new UCL-led research.

Coastal CareAugust 6, 2020

Ecosystem Destruction | Japan Tsunami | News

Mix of contaminants in Fukushima wastewater, risks of ocean dumping

Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant and triggered an unprecedented release radioactivity into the ocean, radiation levels have fallen to safe levels in all but the waters closest to the shuttered power plant.

Coastal CareJuly 30, 2020

Pollution

Coastal cities leave up to 75% of seafloor exposed to harmful light pollution

The global expansion of coastal cities could leave more than three quarters of their neighbouring seafloor exposed to potentially harmful levels of light pollution.

Tag: Pollution

Racing for a good cause – When skippers give real meaning to their performance

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground

Metal deposits from Chinese coal plants end up in the Pacific Ocean, research shows

In EU, 1 in 8 deaths linked to pollution: report

Aviation contributes 3.5% to the drivers of climate change that stem from humans

The widespread footprint of blue jean microfibers

Greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping increasing

Mix of contaminants in Fukushima wastewater, risks of ocean dumping

Coastal cities leave up to 75% of seafloor exposed to harmful light pollution

SAF Video

Beach of the Month

Photo of the Month

Plastic Pollution

Sand Wars – United Nations-GEA

Sand Mining Detrimental Effects

The World’s Beaches

Coastal Care Junior

NASA – Fly along with NASA’s fleet of Earth science missions and observe Earth from a global perspective in an immersive, 3-D environment.