Tag: Ocean
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NASA Images Show Dark, Polluted NC Rivers Flowing Into Ocean After Hurricane Florence
Rivers polluted by Duke Energy’s coal ash and flooded manure lagoons at factory farms are creating giant, dark plumes in the Atlantic Ocean
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Ocean Fish Could Be Extinct by 2048, Ecologists Warn
There will be no more fish in the ocean in 30 years if we keep fishing at current rates, study warns
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Scotland Becomes First Country to Outlaw Plastic-Stemmed Cotton Swabs
Scotland just cut it’s contribution to ocean plastic pollution in half by banning the sale of plastic-stemmed cotton swabs.
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Warming Oceans Are Losing Oxygen at Breathtaking Rates, Threatening Mass Extinction of Marine Life, Scientists Warn
Zero-oxygen “dead zones,” where marine life cannot survive, have quadrupled in size since 1950, new study finds Global warming and agricultural pollution have drastically reduced oxygen levels in the ocean over the last 70 years. Coastal dead zones with zero oxygen have quadrupled in size since 1950, while the number of very low oxygen sites have…
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Scientists Call for a Ban on Glitter, The Latest Microplastic Found Polluting the Ocean
Like microbeads, glitter is a microplastic polluting the ocean and seafood As we inch closer toward fulfilling the prediction of more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050, every bit we keep out counts – even glitter.
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Menstrual Products Are the Fifth Most Common Plastic Polluting the Ocean
Here are three easy ways to keep your period plastic free: