Ocean Pollution

Ocean Pollution
Scientists have suggested they could be caused by pods going off track after feeding too close to shore.

Nearly 200 pilot whales perish on Australian beach

Two years ago nearby Macquarie Harbour was the scene of the country's largest-ever mass stranding, involving almost 500 pilot whales

A vacationer cools off in the Pacific Ocean in Vina del Mar city, Chile 15 January, 2016.

Activists bemoan slow progress in UN ocean treaty talks

UN member states have been meeting in New York since Monday in a bid to hammer out a treaty

A girl drinks water at a school

Rainwater no longer safe to drink due to chemicals: Study

Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS that exceed the latest guidelines, according to a new study by Stockholm University scientists

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on 23 September 2021.

Study Warmer oceans lead to release of methane from Seabeds

Vast reservoirs of the potent greenhouse gas methane are stored beneath the sea in a solid ice-like combination with water

In this file handout image released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) office on 9 January, 2017 shows a Pakistani nuclear-capable cruise missile after being launched from a submarine during a test firing at an undisclosed location in Pakistan

Study Smallest nuclear war would devastate ocean systems

The ocean takes many decades to return to normalcy and some parts of the ocean would likely stay in the new state for hundreds of years or longer

Plastic trash pollutes the beach in Sanur, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

'They're everywhere': micro-plastics in oceans, air and human body

From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these micro-plastics into our bodies -- with uncertain implications

Floating ice is seen during the expedition of the The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, 14 September 2020.

UN urges ambitious action to protect the oceans

The meeting sets the agenda for final international negotiations in August on a treaty to protect the high seas

Ocean water made acidic by CO2 along with vast marine heatwaves lasting months or longer are killing coral reefs that support a quarter of marine life and provide livelihoods for a quarter of a billion people

Oceans saved us, we must return the favour: Experts

Nearly $35 billion in subsidies that aggravate overfishing will fall under a harsh spotlight in Lisbon

Marine predation intensifies in warmer waters: Study

Marine predation intensifies in warmer waters: Study

Warmer waters tend to favor animals high in the food chain, which become more active and need more food -- and it's their prey who pay for that increased activity

Editorial

Without immediate alertness, environment pollution will lead to dire consequences

It is dreadful that more than 200,000 people in Bangladesh died because of environment pollution. Science magazine Lancet published a report titled ‘Global Burden of Diseases’ this week, stating that ...

A dolphin is seen close to Dawson island, located in the Strait of Magellan that is part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in Chile, on 4 December, 2021

Pee pals: Dolphins taste friends' urine to know they're around

Think about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: perhaps their voice, or a favoured perfume

Dead fish appear on the beaches of La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, 21 August, 2021

Oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years: Report

Humanity must drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions or face increasingly catastrophic changes to the world's climate

Garbage strewn all over the Saint Martin's island beach

Saint Martin’s island covered in garbage

Degradable and non-degradable waste is scattered all over the island

The ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida. The photo was taken, on 23 September 2021

Research discovers new bacteria that attach to deep-sea plastics and run through the ocean

Although the plastic-loving bacteria found in the study here represent a small fraction of the community colonising plastic, they highlight the emerging ecological impacts of plastic pollution in the ...

In this file photo taken on 7 June 2020 shows a view of waste at Santa Lucia beach in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico on the eve of World Oceans Day.

World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat: WWF

Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found "in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale" wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday, calling for urgent efforts to create an ...

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