The full title of this article from BES Reporter is “Next Stop: Aruba via Bonaire for all-female ocean plastic pollution research crew as part of Circumnavigation.” On November 30, S.V. TravelEdge set sail from Antigua to Aruba via Bonaire with the Red Ensign Group on Leg 4 of their eXXpedition Round the World—a two-year scientific research mission […]
A report by Daphne Ewing-Chow for Forbes. In 2016, global plastic waste amounted to some 242 million metric tons. Of this, 137 million tonnes (or more than 57%) originated in East Asia, the Pacific, Europe, Central Asia and North America, much of which made its way into the ocean. In 2015, the Journal of Science surveyed […]
via Caribbean Islands Are The Biggest Plastic Polluters Per Capita In The World — Repeating Islands
Vox reports Our oceans are filling with plastic, which in turn is filling up the bellies of the creatures in the sea.Recently, researchers examined seven beluga whales harvested by Inuvialuit hunters in Canada. This month they reported that they’d found microplastics in the digestive systems of every whale. Read article at Plastic pollution: The alarming trend […]
via The alarming trend of whales filled with plastic — Natural History Wanderings
The once beautiful and clean ocean is now littered with the negligent rubbish produced and thrown away without a thought by the human population. Plastic, thought to be the next best thing, the answer to many problems, is now the leading problem clogging up the water. Having rubbish float around is bad enough, but unassuming […]
The article “Local experts, international organizations discuss marine pollution, a blue economy” (Dominican Today) says that representatives of international agencies that comprise the Donors Roundtable chaired by the World Bank had a dialogue on the necessity to address marine pollution through policies to control the use of plastic in the Dominican Republic. The conversations included […]
via Dominican Republic: Conversations on marine pollution, a blue economy — Repeating Islands
Paige McCartney (The Nassau Guardian) quotes a recently released World Bank report on marine litter concentration in the Caribbean: The marine litter concentration in The Bahamas and the rest of the Caribbean is nearly three times the global average. The world average for litter concentration stands at 573 pieces of plastic or waste items per […]
via Marine litter concentration in Caribbean triple world average — Repeating Islands
