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Microplastics Found in Antarctic Sea Ice Samples for First Time, Scientists Say

The CNCL Team — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:03:14 +0000

For the first time, microscopic plastic pollution has been found in Antarctic sea ice samples collected more than a decade ago, suggesting that microplastic concentrations in Southern Sea ice may be higher than previously believed.

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Plastic? What’s Really Killing Our Oceans?

The CNCL Team — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 01:01:15 +0000

The public has expressed growing concern for the state of our oceans, as plastic is quickly outnumbering the amount of fish in the sea. But what is the main driver of ocean plastic? It turns out that close to 50% of the plastic debris in our oceans is abandoned fishing gear.

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Meat and Plastic Sales Are Slowly Dropping, Survey Finds

The CNCL Team — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:21:37 +0000

As environmental awareness spreads, shoppers are making different choices.

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A Northwest Passage Journey Finds Little Ice and Big Changes

The CNCL Team — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:46:16 +0000

After decades of travel in the Far North, E360’s Arctic correspondent joins a voyage through the Northwest Passage and witnesses a world being transformed, with ice disappearing, balmy temperatures becoming common, and alien invaders – from plastic waste to new diseases – on the rise.

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James Cameron’s New Docu-Series Will Make You Ditch Plastic and Seafood

The CNCL Team — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:22:45 +0000

James Cameron is teaming up with National Geographic to make a groundbreaking ocean documentary series, which may convince you to ditch plastic and seafood. Named “Mission OceanX,” the six-episode series will follow a hand-picked team of scientists, cinematographers, and filmmakers on board the maiden voyage of the Alucia2 as it sails across the Indian ocean.

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The Great Reckoning

The CNCL Team — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:34:10 +0000

In essence, the postmodern age was ending, though few seemed to know it -- with elites, in particular, largely oblivious to what was occurring. What would replace postmodernity in a planet heading for ruin remained to be seen.

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Something Fishy: Toxic Plastic Pollution Is Traveling Up the Food Chain

The CNCL Team — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:22:33 +0000

Widespread deaths of plankton caused by microplastic would certainly disrupt the marine food web. But their consumption is already changing the health of the oceans: Microplastic has been found in middle-ocean and deep-sea fish, which, like mackerel, are prey to ocean top predators, like seals or mahi-mahi.

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Hidden Plastics: Glitter Gum and the Air We Breathe

The CNCL Team — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 01:31:01 +0000

The plastic contamination of the natural world flows from three main sources: complacency, apathy and ignorance, a poisonous trinity that is itself the result of a narrow and destructive approach to living. While there are signs of a shift in attitudes among many people, resistance to changing the lifestyle habits that feed the environmental crisis, is strong.

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16 Companies Rethinking Packaging

The CNCL Team — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:31:46 +0000

Packaging is also the main source of the plastic pollution that is clogging the ocean and expected to exceed the weight of all fish by 2050 at current rates. The food industry is largely responsible for this growing packaging problem. Recognizing this issue, and under pressure from consumers, several of these very same corporations have recently pledged to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging.

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G20 agrees to tackle ocean plastic waste

The CNCL Team — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 04:43:46 +0000

Group of 20 environment ministers agreed on Sunday to adopt a new implementation framework for actions to tackle the issue of marine plastic waste on a global scale, the Japanese government said after hosting the two-day ministerial meeting.

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9 Easy Ways You Can Protect the Oceans

The CNCL Team — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 23:27:10 +0000

The ocean is astonishing, but it’s also deteriorating. A report published in the journal Current Biology in 2018 found that 87 percent of the world’s oceans are dying. Just 13 percent of oceans have intact marine ecosystems “untouched by the damaging impacts of humanity,” The Guardian reported last year.

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Nearly Everything You Consume Is Contaminated by Microplastics, Report Says

The CNCL Team — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:35:53 +0000

The average person consumes at least 50,000 microplastics annually from the food they eat, according to a new report published Wednesday in the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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