Plastic Pollution

A recent study reveals that plastic mulch, commonly used in California’s strawberry farming, contributes significantly to soil plastic pollution. Despite its benefits, plastic mulch fragments are difficult to entirely remove and negatively impact soil health over time. Researchers are seeking solutions with manufacturers to address these environmental concerns. Researchers have…

India and France have stepped up their collaboration in combating climate change and in environmental protection, and announced that they will constructively engage other like-minded countries to strengthen the negotiations for an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. After talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President…

Not even the Arctic Ocean is immune to the incessant growth of microplastic pollution. In a new study that analyzed sediment core samples, researchers quantified how many of the particles have been deposited since the early 1930s. As scientists have shown elsewhere, the team found that microplastic contamination in the…

Life Location trackers show migratory seabirds spend much of their time looking for food near ocean garbage patches, highlighting the need for action on pollution By Madeleine Cuff Cook’s petrel, a vulnerable species, had one of the highest plastic exposure risk scores in the study Paul Donald Threatened seabirds are…

The extensive study assessed the movements of 7,137 individual birds from 77 species of petrel, a group of wide-ranging migratory seabirds including the Northern Fulmar and European Storm-petrel, and the Critically Endangered Newell's Shearwater. This is the first time that tracking data for so many seabird species has been combined…

In short:  A raft made out of marine debris has hit the water for the first time after a groundswell of public support helped get it builtWhat's next?: Sam McLennan will sail the raft to Sydney, stopping at schools along the way to share an environmental messageThe past 18 months have…

Bob Powell had spent more than a decade in the energy industry when he turned his attention to the problem of plastic waste. "I’m very passionate about the environment," he says. To him, the accumulating scourge of irresponsibly discarded plastic ranks high on the list of environmental issues, "right behind…

A new study has found that shorttail fanskate populations may be being affected by plastic pollution.The skates mistake abandoned fishing nets and other debris for seaweed and attach their eggs to them, unaware that the debris could wash up on the shore where the eggs will dry out.Shorttail fanskates (Sympterygia…

ADVERTISEMENT Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka's battle with plastic pollution By Amal JAYASINGHE Horana, Sri Lanka (AFP) June 27, 2023 Heart-wrenching images of revered elephants and cattle eating plastic in Sri Lanka have prompted politicians to toughen pollution laws, but sceptical conservationists warn past bans were repeatedly ignored. After an estimated…

Sterling BankSterling Bank in collaboration with other stakeholders, has mobilised volunteers to clean and restore Elegushi Beach in Lagos to its pristine state to commemorate World Environment Day. The annual event, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and observed globally every June 5th, creates awareness, and evokes action…