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The Farallon Islands of northern California are one of the world’s great biodiversity hotspots.

Rubbish has been washing up on its isolated beaches in the Pitcairn chain at a rate of several thousand bits of plastic a day. Link to full article below. 

No-one has lived on Henderson Island since the 15th century, but it has the highest density of plastic debris recorded anywhere in the world.

The rapid rise in tourism is mostly because of expanding middle classes in many countries. More people are able to afford vacations and travel, particularly in China. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

When we speak of islands that can disappear beneath the waves, it’s almost exclusively the small, low-lying ones, which form in a couple of different ways. Some are volcanic in origin, created when an undersea volcano bursts up through the sea surface, forming a small island.