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Thai Union Strengthens Fight Against Ocean Plastic with New Partnerships Thai Union Group PCL, the world’s seafood leader committed to sustainable practices, announced new partnerships aimed at tackling plastic pollution. […]
New report analyses sources of ocean plastic pollution. A new report has been launched by CleanHub to highlight the devastating amount of ocean plastic pollution in 2024, as well as looking into the complex […]
Study on tracing sources of ocean plastic pollution. Research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) provides a new open-access Raman spectral library that […]
Turning the tide on ocean plastic pollution in the Maldives. New plastic neutrality project presents Maldivian fishers as a remarkable solution to ocean pollution. The net retrieval and turtle release […]
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas. Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonising plastic pollution. […]
Message in a bottle – ocean plastic exacerbating climate change. Study tracking movement of plastic bottles in the ocean sheds light on the dangerous interaction between ocean plastic and climate change. […]
Ocean plastic simulator now covers New Zealand’s entire coastline. An advanced ocean plastic simulator first launched in 2019 can now track the movement of virtual plastic pollution along New Zealand’s […]
ASC commits to fight against ocean plastic waste from aquaculture, planning specific requirements for farms to properly dispose of plastics and aquaculture gear, and becoming the first and only aquaculture […]
Biological pumps: how zooplankton are transporting microplastics to the ocean depths. A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage […]
Ocean microplastics on the rise. Microplastics are on the rise in the Eastern Pacific Ocean threatening coastal Ecuador, a region of the world known for its rich biodiversity and important […]
Ocean circulation, ice melt and increasing tourism could all be contributing to Arctic microplastics. A new study measured microplastic concentrations in the highly productive Barents Sea and suggest that ocean […]
Likely path of covid-related plastic waste in the ocean. Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics such as face masks, gloves, and […]
Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year, study suggests. The hauling of rope on maritime vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering […]
Call for Amazon to reduce plastic to save the oceans At Amazon’s recent annual general meeting (AGM), 35.5% of the company’s shareholders voted for a resolution to require the e-commerce […]
Annual flow of plastic into oceans could triple by 2040. A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow […]
New study highlights plastic damage to oceans. Marine litter and microplastics have become a huge global issue and their negative impact on marine animals causes great concern. A new study […]
Plastics are being glued together in the ocean. Natural materials excreted by bacteria are glueing micro and nano plastics together so that they form larger masses in our oceans, scientists […]
Even remote Pacific fish are full of microplastics. A new scientific analysis finds that plastic pollution has reached even the most isolated Pacific coastal waters. According to research published January […]
Following ocean currents to predict and prevent seabird deaths. A new study seeks to support conservation and management strategies by identifying zones of overlap between fishing and bird activity. Every […]
Microplastics pose a human health risk in more ways than one. New study shows that microplastics in the natural environment are colonised by pathogenic and antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team […]
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