Chittagong Beach Ship Breaking Yards, Bangladesh
Stretched along 12 miles of what just a decade ago was a pristine sandy beach, ore carriers, container ships, gas tankers, cruise liners and cargo ships of every size and description are being dismantled by hand in 140 similar yards, at Chittagong beach Ship Breaking Yard, Bangladesh, the world’s second largest ship breaking area. Every year more than 250 redundant ships, many from Britain and Europe, come here to be broken up.
Clean Water Act’s Effects On Coastal Waters in California Reveals Major Successes
Levels of copper, cadmium, lead and other metals in Southern California’s coastal waters have plummeted over the past four decades, according to new research from University of Southern California.
Pollution for the Sake of Economic Growth
Rapid economic growth will continue to be energy-intensive and highly polluting for the foreseeable future, adding to environmental harm on a global scale and having a tremendous impact on ecological systems, according to a study that looked at a decade’s worth of data from 30 Chinese provinces to build a comprehensive model of pollution.
Radiation from Japan found in kelp off US West Coast
Radioactive iodine was found in kelp, sampled from coastal California, following last year’s earthquake-triggered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, according to a new study.
More Rena Debris Washes Up, New Zealand
Debris from the Rena has started washing up on the Coromandel Peninsula, after the aft section of the vessel plunged further into the sea yesterday.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup : 2011 Report
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has become the world’s largest volunteer effort for ocean health. Nearly nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have cleaned 145 million pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean on just one day each year.
World Cleanup 2012
“There’s 100 million tons of illegal garbage lying around the world. Waste is everywhere, in cities, beaches, oceans, forests. To change this we have to come together and create a real global change.” In 2012, from 24th of March until 25th of September, the Cyber-environmentalists team of World Cleanup 2012 invites all the people and countries to be a part of these Olympic Games for the clean world.
Chemical pollution in Europe’s Seas
According to a recent poll of citizens from ten European countries, pollution is the primary concern of the public at large among all issues that threaten the marine environment. Such public concern is not misplaced and is supported by scientific evidence.
New Greenpeace Research: Washing Big Name Brands Makes Consumers Polluters
Greenpeace today released evidence that hazardous chemical residues in clothing items sold by major brands are released into public waterways when they are washed by consumers. Once entering our rivers, lakes and seas these chemicals then break down into even more toxic and hormone-disrupting substances.