Oceans
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Environment
Environment USAScientists Say It’s Not Too Late to Save Coral Reefs
Marine scientists have proposed the immediate implementation of three crucial strategies to save the threatened coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific: protecting reefs from human impact, recovering those damaged, and transitioning away from ones too late to rescue.
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Heroes
Heroes IrelandTeenager Uses What He Learned in Chemistry Class to Remove Microplastics from Oceans
18-year-old Irish Fionn Ferreira has invented a magnetic liquid trap that is able to affordably remove 90% of microplastics from the ocean – all thanks to an oil spill he spotted on a rock when he was kayaking that reminded him of a chemistry lesson.
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Animals
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Environment
Environment The NetherlandsThe Ocean Cleanup is Now Cleaning Rivers to Fight Plastic Pollution at the Source
The Ocean Cleanup has developed a new strategy to stop plastic waste from entering our oceans and harming marine animals, by removing trash directly from the source: rivers, or as CEO Boyan Slat likes to call it, “The arteries that carry waste from land to the…
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Environment
EnvironmentPolar Bears, Whales and Co. Take Summer Break in Canada’s Newest Marine Protected Area
With climate change increasingly affecting Arctic ice, Canada has made plans to guard its far northern Arctic region of Tuvaijuittuq, giving refuge to ice-dependent species including walruses, polar bears, seals, and narwhals.
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Environment
EnvironmentNew Study: Some Plastics Degrade Much, Much Faster Than We Thought
A team of scientists in Massachusetts, USA studying plastics largely polluting our oceans have recently revealed an astonishing discovery: polystyrene, used to make many everyday single-use plastic items, can degrade a whole lot faster than the “thousands of years” previously believed.
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Environment
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Environment
EnvironmentWe Can All Cut Down Microfibre Plastics with the Turn of a Knob on Our Washing Machines
Scientists have discovered that each time we opt for a standard cycle on our washing machines instead of a delicate wash, we stop 800,000 plastic microfibres from entering our oceans and being ingested by marine animals.
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