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Earlier this year, we reported that Peter Borg-Neal, CEO and founder of Oakman Inns<
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The study was conducted by Orb Media, who shared the data with The Guardian newspaper. Tap water samples were taken from over 12 nations across the globe for analysis.
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High concentrations of human antidepressants and their metabolized remnants have been detected in the brain tissue of 10 fish species in the Niagara River, in the US.
Bass and walleye are among the fish species affected.
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Researchers have discovered that the black skin of turtle-headed sea snakes living in industrial or military areas enables their bodies to get rid of contaminants such as zinc and arsenic more effectively when they shed their skin.
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As juvenile reef fishes develop, they are vulnerable to predators, so much so that typically less than 10 percent of the larvae and embryos survive to adulthood.
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Although the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred more than seven years ago, the effects of the disaster are still evident to this day.
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As global temperatures rise, declining sea ice not only melts the sea ice in the Arctic, it also stirs up the remaining ice faster. This paves the way for more industrial development and resource extraction to find its way to the Arctic.
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In their statement the MCS reports that balloon litter on UK beaches has risen by over 50% between 2015 and 2016.
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The oceans may appear to be a bottomless dumping ground, but nothing is further from the truth. The marine environment, and the creatures within it, are not invincible.
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The 'Circular Economy' is where waste is recycled and then re-purposed, ie fabric can be made from PET plastic bottles and used coffee grounds. In this instance Mark Cook is creating and designing useful beautiful products from marine waste.
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Before the invention of plastic, ivory was used ornamentally and practically. It was considered a great material by manufacturers.
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Due to its potential to wreck havoc, it is useful for resource managers to be forewarned of an impending algae bloom. However, their development is hard to predict.
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A team of researchers have succeeded in chemically modifying sawdust to make it particularly oil-attracting and buoyant, with the aim of using it to clean up oil spills in the Arctic.
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In fact, it is up to 8,000 times more resistant to such pollution than other fish species, due to its extremely high levels of genetic variation—higher than any other vertebrate—measured so far.
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This discovery was made when scientists from Florida International University (FIU), University of Liège in Belgium, the University of Gronigen in the Netherlands and the Tropical Dolphin Research Foundation in the United States examined dolphins
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This is because the harmful microplastics emit a chemical that is irresistible to seabirds as it’s the same as a compound that signals to them that prey is nearby.
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