Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement

Canada on Monday joined a growing global movement with a plan to ban single-use plastics blighting the environment.
Teens swimmers did a synchronized routine in a pool full of plastic

Teens synchronised swimmers performed their World Championship routine in a pool full of plastic. Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thrope struggled through thousands of items of floating plastic. This thought-provoking routine aimed to highlight the threat of plastic to the Earth’s oceans and the consequences future generations face unless something is done.
Near-record ‘dead zone’ predicted in Gulf of Mexico

Scientists are predicting a near-record Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” where the water holds too little oxygen to sustain marine life.