Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it’s time to clean up: Plastic waste washed up by the sea lies on the beach of the coastal city of St. Louis, Senegal. Lucia Weiß/picture alliance via Getty Images Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi …
We studied 40,000 pieces of litter to find out where it all comes from – here’s what we discovered: Litter is perhaps the most tangible of all environmental problems. And it’s not just a disrespectful few who are responsible for it. Litter, defined in its broadest terms, includes any solid material present in the environment …
COVID litter: we mapped discarded masks and gloves in 11 countries with the help of citizen science: Elizabeth McDaniel/Unsplash If at some stage during the COVID pandemic you’ve had a face mask mysteriously disappear from your pocket, you’re not alone. From March 2020 countless discarded blue and white masks started appearing around the world. While …
A nice Strand Beach image: Marine litter. Extremely littered beach in northern Norway. Image by Snemann A few years worth of plastic litter, brought in by the sea. This beach is now cleaned thoroughly, but each spring, new litter is present, brought in by storms and currents during the winter. Image automatically curated and published …
South Africa in the news: Local study finds ships a major source of litter on SA beaches: Published recently in the journal Environmental Pollution, a new study by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology and Nelson Mandela University …: “South Africa” – BingNews Inequalities and infighting: The background …
We looked for South Africa’s ‘missing’ plastic litter. This is what we found: Litter on a Cape Town beach Peter Ryan Every year, the world produces about 300 million tonnes of plastic. Somewhere between 5 million and 12 million tonnes of it finds its way into the oceans, according to a 2015 study by Jenna …
Dead turtles litter Jersey Shore beach: Dead turtles litter Jersey Shore beach About 65 turtles were found on a beach in Sea Isle City. : Weird News Have you tried: Sailing in Africa ?