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Mathematical model predicts the movement of microplastics in the ocean

A new model tracking the vertical movement of algae-covered microplastic particles offers hope in the fight against plastic waste in our oceans.

Research: Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 87,000 square kilometers per year

This research is the first to make a global estimate of the surface area of the Earth covered by sea ice, snow cover and frozen ground.

The missing ‘plastic sink’ in the ocean

Marine waste does not care about borders and has reached the most remote corners of our oceans and seas.

Scientists create new data mapping tool to track whale detections

Want to know where and when different species of whales have been heard off the East Coast? A new interactive data-map enables anyone to delve into the details.

NOAA designates new national marine sanctuary in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan

Protected area will safeguard shipwrecks that played critical role in nation’s early history

Turkish ‘sea snot’ crisis prompts cholera fears and threatens aquaculture

A mucus-like substance known as “sea snot” is blanketing the shores near Istanbul after covering huge areas of the Marmara Sea, threatening sea life and prompting warnings that it could bring deadly diseases in its wake.

The Fondation de la mer and BV launch the first international label for ocean protection

The Fondation de la Mer and Bureau Veritas, together with the French Ministry of the Sea, are launching "Ocean Approved ®".

Plastic in Galapagos seawater, beaches and animals

Plastic pollution has been found in seawater, on beaches and inside marine animals at the Galapagos Islands.

Plastic waste from MV X-Press Pearl threatens to devastate Sri Lanka’s environment

Sri Lanka faces 'worst beach pollution' in history from burning ship

Opinion: Oceanbird can help save the whales

Due to noise from shipping it is unlikely that blue whales can hear each other over long distances any more.

NASA’s S-MODE takes to the air and sea to study ocean eddies

After being delayed over a year due to the pandemic, a NASA field campaign to study the role of small-scale whirlpools and ocean currents in climate change is taking flight and taking to the seas in May 2021

Research: Water companies are main cause of microplastic pollution in UK’s rivers

They are releasing wastewater during periods of dry weather into river flows that are too sluggish to disperse microplastics downstream.

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