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Watch: Tamil Nadu Fishermen Rescue Green Turtle Trapped In Fishing Net
As the fishermen and officials release it from the clutches of the net, the turtle slowly crawls back to the sea.
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More Than 100,000 Kg Of Plastic From Great Garbage Patch In The Ocean
The garbage was removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area between Hawaii and California, where litter and debris accumulate.
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Twitter User Posts Video Of Plastic Waste At Mumbai Beach, Internet Says "Never Mess With Nature"
Despite several warnings, awareness campaigns, advisory posts and regulations, people in Mumbai can't seem to stop throwing garbage in the sea. And now a shocking video proving the same has surfaced online.
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IIT Guwahati Team Removes Micro-Plastics From Sea Water Using Hollow Fibre Membrane
The researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a microfiltration process to remove microplastics from sea water in order to prevent the inclusion of plastic residues in edible salt extracted from it.
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Dutch Students Build Electric Car from Recycled Plastic and Garbage
A group of 22 Dutch students has built a fully functional two-seater electric car entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage.
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160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste Rescued From Bangladesh Beach
About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one of the world's longest beaches in Bangladesh, an official and conservationists said Wednesday.
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"No Reproduction": Warming Climate Turning Baby Sea Turtles Into 1 Gender
She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years. Only stars glowed on this remote beach, where the sea turtle arrived to lay her eggs. She dodged plastic, fishing nets and oil spills to get this far. But another threat to her species lurks in the ground: sand temperatures that fos...
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A Baby Sea Mammal Captured People's Hearts. She Died From Eating Plastic
A beloved baby marine mammal in Thailand has died after consuming plastic and experiencing shock, Thai officials said Saturday.
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In Greece's Aegean Sea, Divers Find "Gulf Of Plastic Corals"
Thousands of plastic bags were pulled from the sea off Greece's Andros island this month by a team of divers and environmentalists who described what they found as a "gulf full of plastic corals."
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Plastic Junk Spawns Desert Island Disaster In Pacific
Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists.
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How Trillions Of Insects Replaced Pesticides In Spain's 'Sea Of Plastic'
Consumption of insecticides in Almeria -- where agriculture employs some 120,000 people and accounts for 20 percent of economic output -- has dropped by 40 percent since 2007, according to local authorities.
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G20 Countries Agree To Tackle Ocean Plastic Waste
The Group of 20 major economies said they agreed a deal to reduce plastic waste that is choking the seas at a meeting in Japan on Sunday.
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This Rubbery Sea Creature Can Help Combat Pollution In Oceans. Here's How
A rubbery sea creature with an irritating habit of clinging to ships and invading beaches could help measure plastic pollution as it can filter tiny particles from the ocean and store them in its soft tissue.
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How People In Nepal Are Raising Awareness About Pollution Of Oceans
Young Nepalis created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a bid to set a new international record and raise awareness about the vast volumes polluting the world's oceans.
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Thai Turtle's Plastic-Filled Stomach Highlights Ocean Crisis
Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicised death of a whale this month.
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Watch: Tamil Nadu Fishermen Rescue Green Turtle Trapped In Fishing Net
As the fishermen and officials release it from the clutches of the net, the turtle slowly crawls back to the sea.
-
More Than 100,000 Kg Of Plastic From Great Garbage Patch In The Ocean
The garbage was removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area between Hawaii and California, where litter and debris accumulate.
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Twitter User Posts Video Of Plastic Waste At Mumbai Beach, Internet Says "Never Mess With Nature"
Despite several warnings, awareness campaigns, advisory posts and regulations, people in Mumbai can't seem to stop throwing garbage in the sea. And now a shocking video proving the same has surfaced online.
-
IIT Guwahati Team Removes Micro-Plastics From Sea Water Using Hollow Fibre Membrane
The researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a microfiltration process to remove microplastics from sea water in order to prevent the inclusion of plastic residues in edible salt extracted from it.
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Dutch Students Build Electric Car from Recycled Plastic and Garbage
A group of 22 Dutch students has built a fully functional two-seater electric car entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage.
-
160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste Rescued From Bangladesh Beach
About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one of the world's longest beaches in Bangladesh, an official and conservationists said Wednesday.
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"No Reproduction": Warming Climate Turning Baby Sea Turtles Into 1 Gender
She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years. Only stars glowed on this remote beach, where the sea turtle arrived to lay her eggs. She dodged plastic, fishing nets and oil spills to get this far. But another threat to her species lurks in the ground: sand temperatures that fos...
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A Baby Sea Mammal Captured People's Hearts. She Died From Eating Plastic
A beloved baby marine mammal in Thailand has died after consuming plastic and experiencing shock, Thai officials said Saturday.
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In Greece's Aegean Sea, Divers Find "Gulf Of Plastic Corals"
Thousands of plastic bags were pulled from the sea off Greece's Andros island this month by a team of divers and environmentalists who described what they found as a "gulf full of plastic corals."
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Plastic Junk Spawns Desert Island Disaster In Pacific
Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists.
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How Trillions Of Insects Replaced Pesticides In Spain's 'Sea Of Plastic'
Consumption of insecticides in Almeria -- where agriculture employs some 120,000 people and accounts for 20 percent of economic output -- has dropped by 40 percent since 2007, according to local authorities.
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G20 Countries Agree To Tackle Ocean Plastic Waste
The Group of 20 major economies said they agreed a deal to reduce plastic waste that is choking the seas at a meeting in Japan on Sunday.
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This Rubbery Sea Creature Can Help Combat Pollution In Oceans. Here's How
A rubbery sea creature with an irritating habit of clinging to ships and invading beaches could help measure plastic pollution as it can filter tiny particles from the ocean and store them in its soft tissue.
-
How People In Nepal Are Raising Awareness About Pollution Of Oceans
Young Nepalis created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a bid to set a new international record and raise awareness about the vast volumes polluting the world's oceans.
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Thai Turtle's Plastic-Filled Stomach Highlights Ocean Crisis
Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicised death of a whale this month.
