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Marine pollution

  • Microplastics from homes and factories are ending up inside mussels off Chennai’s coast

    Microplastics from homes and factories are ending up inside mussels off Chennai’s coast

    Neha Jain
    · Jun 27, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • Plastic pollution is hurting life-giving ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen

    Plastic pollution is hurting life-giving ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen

    Philippa Kearney, The Conversation
    · May 27, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • US explorer descends 11 km into the Pacific in deepest-ever dive, finds plastic waste

    US explorer descends 11 km into the Pacific in deepest-ever dive, finds plastic waste

    Scroll Staff
    · May 14, 2019 · 08:45 am
  • Italy: Pregnant sperm whale found dead with 22 kg of plastic in stomach

    Italy: Pregnant sperm whale found dead with 22 kg of plastic in stomach

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 01, 2019 · 11:07 pm
  • Thailand: Whale dies after consuming over 80 plastic bags

    Thailand: Whale dies after consuming over 80 plastic bags

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 03, 2018 · 07:33 pm
  • BBC film Blue Planet II criticised for planting plastic ducks in the sea for segment on pollution

    BBC film Blue Planet II criticised for planting plastic ducks in the sea for segment on pollution

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 04, 2017 · 05:37 pm