Oldest and Most Controversial US Nuclear Plant, Jersey shore
Half a million people live within what would be the evacuation zone if Oyster Creek were ever to have a radiation accident. In the summer, the population swells with beach-goers heading to the Jersey shore. It is not in a seismically active zone but meteorologists say the coastal state is long overdue for a Category Five hurricane.
The Plastic Found In a Single Turtle’s Stomach
This collection of hundreds of coloured, jagged shards could be a work of abstract art. But the objects in the photograph are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle, found off the coast of Argentina, that lost its battle with plastic pollution.
European Coastal Pollution Harms Ecosystems, Study Finds
The bodies of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), which live in estuaries or along coastlines where industrial activities take place, are highly contaminated. This is the result of a European study, involving Spanish participation, which warns of the danger to all the other species that share their ecosystem from ports throughout Europe, even in the Mediterranean.