Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga wants to find solutions at the “national level” to address “ocean clean-up” instead of just talking about it or leaving it to be a problem for the next generation.
Fuel company Pacific Energy has built concrete casings around the exposed fuel pipeline by Avatiu harbour, to lessen the risk of another lead.It comes as authorities investigate who was at fault in this month’s big diesel lead into the harbour, with potential fines of up to half a million dollars
The Ramu nickel mine in Papua New Guinea's Madang province has been found to have mismanaged toxic waste it dumps into the sea. The provincial government engaged an oil spill response consultant from Sweden to investigate recent discolouring of local waters and deaths of fish species.
NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program has awarded more than $9.3 million in grants to support coral conservation projects and scientific studies in seven U.S.
A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists to clean up an island of rubbish in the Pacific Ocean that is three times the size of France has successfully picked up plastic from the high seas for the first time.
When you're the first person ever to visit the deepest part of the ocean all alone, it's safe to say you have a unique perspective on things. Movie director James Cameron has this claim to fame – along with creating Titanic and Avatar, also noteworthy accomplishments!
Former workers who entombed a radioactive waste site in the Pacific Ocean left a clear message before completing their work: a middle finger.
From the depths of the Mariana Trench to the salt on our tables, plastic pollution has infiltrated our planet. Plastic is a material designed to be “thrown away” without considering the fact that “away” does not exist.
Humans unleash mountains of plastic into the sea each year, and that rate is only accelerating as plastic production grows around the world.
Ever since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the country has struggled with containing its contaminated water. But it's running out of room—and time.
