The Gulf Stream, which curves along the southern shore of Newfoundland, is saturated with plastics. Fish that feed from the surface waters, where plastics tend to accumulate, are in an ideal position to ingest plastics. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Niue Tourism chief executive Felicity Bollen said the country had set aside the next 12 months to wean itself off the habit of a lifetime. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Conservation International manager (oceans and climate change), Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, told Samoa Observer in an interview that plastic is non-biodegradable and will impact on the island for hundreds of years. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Kawenu school children won first place in the singing competition to promote the ban on plastics in Vanuatu. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The remote paradise islands which inspired Charles Darwin are being swamped with plastic that is threatening endangered wildlife.
The June Issue of National Geographic Magazine Looks in Depth at How Single-Use Plastic Impacts Our Planet. Click on the link below to read the full article.
French endurance athlete Ben Lecomte just set out to become the first person to swim across the entire Pacific Ocean—a feat that will take more than six months if he logs eight hours in the water a day. More than a physical challenge, the swim is an act of conservation.
Ben Lecomte is a long-distance swimmer who, in 1998, became the first person to ever swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, he"s gearing up to attempt to swim the across the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness for plastic pollution.Click on the link below to read the full article.
The Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme has found levels of plastic in areas of the Southern Ocean " the world's remotest ocean - that have never before been tested.Click on the link below to read the full article.
A plastic carrier bag has been found 36,000ft below the ocean's surface - as the world's deepest trench is revealed to have become a rubbish dump.\Click on the link below to read the full article.
