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Russian investigators said Saturday they were looking into “a possible ecological catastrophe” in the eastern Kamchatka region. 
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A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean but the island nation must still prepare for "a worst case scenario", Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said late on Monday.
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On September 8, a group called The Ocean Cleanup plans to deploy a plastic cleanup system into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Several experts argue that the cleanup system won't work and could do more harm than good.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Heart is in the right place, but this won't work. We must deal with the source issue.
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When it comes to enacting bans on plastic bags, the reasoning sometimes sounds remote. You've probably heard of the vast soup of plastic known as the Pacific
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It doesn't actually biodegrade in most ocean conditions, and it probably shouldn't be recycled with other plastics.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is a common issue with many of our "degradable" plastics. They are typically degrade by direct UV exposure and not when buried, subsurface, etc.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scientists and volunteers who have spent the last month gathering data on how much plastic garbage is floating in the Pacific Ocean will return to San Francisco and share preliminary findings.
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David Miliband, Co-chair of the Global Ocean Commission, tells the story of the Commission's inquiry into high seas governance and ocean health, and outlines...
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The Global Ocean Commission is an independent organization of senior politicians formed to develop feasible solutions for key issues facing the high seas. In June they released the results of their 18-month study into the state of the high seas. Their big takeaway: many of the problems facing the high seas are due to a lack of adequate governance, leading to a maritime Wild West with little enforcement of the few existing laws. Develop a UN Sustainable Development Goal for the oceansUpdate the Law of the SeaPhase out fuel subsidies for high seas fishingBan transfers of fish from ship to ship at seaMinimize single-use plasticsCreate an international convention to help monitor and regulate offshore oil and gas explorationCreate an independent global accountability board Finally, this massive plan includes a *nuclear option*. If the high seas continue to decline 5 years after adopting the plan, the entirety of the high seas (with some exceptions) should become a regenerative zone closed to all industrial fishing.
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This is a nice little info graphic which might have some utility/good images for folks making outreach presentations.
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The location of the Mauritian oil spill means the environmental consequences could be long-lasting.
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The Cocos Keeling Islands make up barely 6 square miles in the Indian Ocean. It's a good place to measure debris because almost no one lives there. Scientists were flabbergasted by what they found.
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Currents in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California contain much of the ocean's plastic pollution, whose density was measured by the first-ever aerial survey, led by The Ocean Cleanup.
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From drones to filters to artificial islands, innovators are working to reduce the threat thousands of tons of trash pose to marine ecosystems.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
We need all of it!
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A blue whale that is believed to be tangled in fishing line may be in Mexican waters, authorities said Monday.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
That sucker is moving. Even with a table of lines and traps hanging off of him/her.
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The Australian government’s environmental protections system has been labelled “broken” after Gina Rinehart’s mining company managed to negotiate d
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Good to know that the Australian government is going the route of a full environmental retreat for all ecosystems and not "just" for terrestrial protected areas. G'Day Climate Change!
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Pollution may soon overwhelm deep seas' ability to sequester mercury.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Wow, a HUGE number.
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