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Ship's Garbage Management Revised! | News | INDEEP | International network for Scientific investigation of deep-sea ecosystems

Ship's Garbage Management Revised! | News | INDEEP | International network for Scientific investigation of deep-sea ecosystems | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
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NOAA Report Examines Oil Pollution Threat From Shipwrecks | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News

NOAA Report Examines Oil Pollution Threat From Shipwrecks | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News | Marine Litter | Scoop.it

The report, which is part of NOAA’s Remediation of Underwater Legacy Environmental Threats (RULET) project, identifies the location and nature of potential sources of oil pollution from sunken vessels, which could help oil response planning efforts and in the investigation of reported mystery spills.

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Plasticity Forum: Adidas and others find gold in plastic

Plasticity Forum: Adidas and others find gold in plastic | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Faced with a tide of post-consumer plastic trash, organizations are thinking up innovative ways to profitably harness this potentially vast revenue stream.
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Ocean scene: before and after overfishing

Ocean scene: before and after overfishing | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to do it
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Diving for debris

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LAKESIDE — Bubbles peppering the surface of Hall Lake Sunday afternoon barely hinted at the restoration project taking place below.
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ICC volunteers cleaned 10 million lbs of trash from our coasts

ICC volunteers cleaned 10 million lbs of trash from our coasts | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
By: Dianna Parker One rubber chicken, 117 mattresses, 4,159 candles, and 689,274 utensils. What do all of these things have in common? They're all marine debris collected last September at the Ocea...
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Scientists are to set off on a research expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch on May 20. The patch is a huge mass of rubbish held in place by swirling underwater currents in the north-east...
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Marine Junk Food

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Amocean - Ocean knowledge for everyone!
Oceans cover more than 70 % of the ocean we happen to inhabit. They are full of life, they are predominantly unexplored. Explore them with us!
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NOAA Marine Debris Program - 101 Marine Debris Info: Impacts

NOAA Marine Debris Program - 101 Marine Debris Info: Impacts | Marine Litter | Scoop.it

Marine debris is an eyesore along shorelines around the world. It degrades the beauty (aesthetics) of the coastal environment and in many cases may cause economic loss if an area is a popular tourist destination. Would you want to swim at a beach littered in trash?

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‘No to plastics’ campaign helps keep Isabela town clean, its residents happy

‘No to plastics’ campaign helps keep Isabela town clean, its residents happy | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
The online version of the Philippines' leading business newspaper features virtually all the stories and statistical data available in the print edition.
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Why conservation needs emotion

Why conservation needs emotion | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Wildlife experts will debate the importance of emotion in conservation science for the annual Earthwatch lecture on Thursday. Here, they lay out their arguments
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Sac State students against plastic bag use

Sac State students against plastic bag use | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Sacramento State students are sending a message to local government and advocating a halt on plastic bag usage on campus in order to promote a healthier, cleaner environment.
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AXION CLAIMS FIRST RECYCLED POLYMER SAFE FOR TOYS

AXION CLAIMS FIRST RECYCLED POLYMER SAFE FOR TOYS | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Don't like the idea of plastic ending up at the bottom of the ocean? Keen to check out all of the brilliant ways it can be re-used, recycled and reclaimed and turned into new stuff.
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Number of plastic bags blighting our beaches is growing: 72 throwaway carriers now litter every mile of coastline

Number of plastic bags blighting our beaches is growing: 72 throwaway carriers now litter every mile of coastline | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
The number of plastic bags blighting Britain’s beaches has rocketed by a fifth in a year – despite vows by the Coalition to tackle the issue. On average 72 throwaway carrier bags are now littering every mile of coastline.
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Matt Rutherford's Mission to Make Ocean Research Affordable

Matt Rutherford's Mission to Make Ocean Research Affordable | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
'I can teach a person the skills necessary to cross an ocean alone, but I can't teach the mentality a person needs to sail alone across an ocean.
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No measures taken to curb plastic menace | Deccan Chronicle

No measures taken to curb plastic menace | Deccan Chronicle | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
There are piles of polythene, highly visible in hospital bins, municipal garbage heaped high, e-waste scattered everywhere and hazardous waste finding its way into local dumps and on to the roads, all crying for a decent disposal Nothing seems to have changed. It all speaks volumes of the apathy of the Pollution Control Board.
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:: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : New Center Targets Ocean Contaminants and Human Health ::

:: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : New Center Targets Ocean Contaminants and Human Health :: | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Capitalizing on UC San Diego's unique ability to address environmental threats to public health, a new center based at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will target emerging contaminants found naturally in common seafood dishes...
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Is There a Garbage Patch in the Great Lakes?

Is There a Garbage Patch in the Great Lakes? | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
This is a post by Sarah Opfer, NOAA Marine Debris Program Great Lakes Regional Coordinator. The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"—a purported island of trash twice the size of Texas floating in the Pac...
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Just How Much Garbage is in the Ocean?

Just How Much Garbage is in the Ocean? | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
How much garbage is floating around in the seas? Probably more than you ever thought possible.
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'Dramatic increase' in beach litter

'Dramatic increase' in beach litter | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
The number of cigarette butts dropped on Scotland's beaches has almost doubled in the past year, a conservation charity says. (RT @AlisonJohnstone: Incredible that the Scottish Government STILL hasn't published a marine litter plan.

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SLO County beaches brace for Japanese tsunami debris | Environment | SanLuisObispo.com

SLO County beaches brace for Japanese tsunami debris | Environment | SanLuisObispo.com | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
The first of what could be a considerable amount of debris from the devastating March 2011 tsunami in Japan to wash up on San Luis Obispo County beaches has appeared.
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Ice Ice Baby Part 1 | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News

Ice Ice Baby Part 1 | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News | Marine Litter | Scoop.it

The Franklin Expedition set sail from Greenhithe, England, on 19 May 1845, with a crew of 24 officers and 110 men. After stopping in the Orkney Isles for supplies, the expedition was last seen by Europeans on 26 July 1845, when Captain Dannett of the whaler Prince of Wales encountered two of the convoy moored to an iceberg in Lancaster Sound.

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Tomorrow, Beach Clean Day @ Anna Maria Beach - Bradenton, FL. USA, fighting marine litter  in our oceans

Tomorrow, Beach Clean Day @ Anna Maria Beach - Bradenton, FL. USA, fighting marine litter  in our oceans | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
Making beautiful places even more beautiful. We are proud to announce that Marine Litter News, which is part of the openH2O community, will host its first beach clean day tomorrow, 18th of May at the...
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DIY Marine Drones - Hack The Oceans

DIY Marine Drones - Hack The Oceans | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
The Hack the oceans workshop experiments with recycled materials and electronics to create an environmental water drone.
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Dorset beach is 2nd worst in Britain for lethal litter

Dorset beach is 2nd worst in Britain for lethal litter | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
NOT only are we scarring Dorset roadsides with litter but also polluting beaches with potentially lethal rubbish.
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Youth focus on humanity, charity and environment

Youth focus on humanity, charity and environment | Marine Litter | Scoop.it
More than 150 youngsters took part in Youth in Action: National Volunteer Weekend, which was organised by The Youth Company from May 9 to 11.
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