A remediation programme to protect island ecosystems from damage caused by oil pollution from World War II wrecks sunk in the Pacific Ocean was launched in Newcastle Harbour today. Click on the link below to read the full article.
This week, the Foundation, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) and the University of Newcastle launched a project to tackle the issue of shipwreck pollution. Click on the link below to read the full article. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Microplastics are in our salt, our food, and in us. The Pacific Ocean garbage patch is over twice the size of Texas and eight million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean daily. Click on the link to read the full article.
A remote tropical island paradise off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean has become home to hundreds of tonnes of rubbish. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Every year, 8 million tons of plastic flow into the ocean and break down into microplastics. Because many organisms eat them, microplastics have the potential to crash marine ecosystems and leach poisons into our seafood. Click on the link below to read the full article.
This research takes a holistic approach to considering the consequences of marine plastic pollution. A semi-systematic iterature review of 1191 data points provides the basis to determine the global ecological, social and economic impacts. Click on the link below to access the full paper.
The organization's 2,000-foot-long cleanup tool was recently deployed in the Pacific Ocean, but it soon began spilling the plastic it had collected. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Casey Jordan, an environmentalist, has replaced the plastic products in his bathroom with environmental-friendly alternatives in an effort to decrease the amount of plastic pollution in the oceans. Click on the link below to read the full article.
In the Mariana Trench, the lowest point in any ocean, every tiny animal tested had plastic pollution hiding in its gut. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The use of plastic bags has been banned on Makogai island in Lomaiviti...In addition to this, the island was also declared a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Click on the link below to read the full article.