by faster | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: MongaBay DATE: February 13, 2020 SNIP: Humanity has depended on the ocean for millennia. Today, however, the rush to the sea is occurring with unprecedented diversity and intensity, propelled by population growth and demand for diminishing terrestrial...
by faster | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: November 6, 2019 SNIP: Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace. More than 640,000 tonnes of nets, lines, pots and...
by faster | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Conversation DATE: October 28, 2019 SNIP: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is said to be the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. It is located between Hawaii and California, where huge ocean currents meet to form the North Pacific...
by faster | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: June 18, 2019 SNIP: A huge international research programme has been launched to assess the health of the Atlantic Ocean. The iAtlantic project is the biggest ever mounted in the planet’s second largest ocean.It involves more than 30 partners,...
by faster | Mar 26, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Narwhal DATE: March 26, 2019 SNIP: The deep sea, broadly considered the area of ocean below 200 metres, encompasses half of the world’s total ocean estate. To this day, just 5 per cent of the ocean abyss has been explored. It is only in the last decade...
