Zoom on various types and sources of pollutions in the ocean
The Arctic Ocean is heavily contaminated with mercury
Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal that persists in the environment for a very long time after its release. In the Arctic, its concentrations are alarming and threaten wildlife, ecosystems and huma...
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Plastic fragmentation measured for the first time in the Japan Sea
Our waste slowly degrades in the oceans and forms billions of microplastics, pla...
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In Kenya, Lake Victoria threatened by a toxic green tide
The waters of Kenya's Winam Gulf have taken on an alarming green hue. This pheno...
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Plastic pollution reaches critical level in the Pacific
Over the past seven years, the concentration of plastic fragments in the North P...
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Artificial night-time lighting disrupts the marine balance over several generati...
Light pollution is omnipresent in modern society and is seriously disrupting mar...
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Traces of ten common pharmaceutical products detected in Red Sea corals
Some medicinal substances that we use on a daily basis are now threatening even ...
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Coastal species survive in the open sea on plastic waste
Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to reproduce in the open ocean b...
Lire l'article Coastal species survive in the open sea on plastic waste
