Aerospace Student Boyan Slat Invents Cleanup System For Plastic Choking Our Oceans
19-year-old Boyan Slat’s impassioned and educated opinion reminds us that youth, with its promising vital force, often taps into genius. If he is correct, Slat has designated some flair for environmental cleanup.
Rivers of blood: the dead pigs rotting in China’s water supply
Standing on the quay, Mrs Wu jokes that there are more pigs than fish in Jiapingtang river. But she isn’t smiling…
More than half of U.S. rivers unsuitable for aquatic life, EPA
More than half of the country’s rivers and streams are in poor biological health, unable to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures, according to a new nationwide survey released Tuesday.
Pig Corpses Spark Questions, But Chinese Government Gives Few Answers
The pig carcasses, about 14,000 of them, have been floating down rivers that feed into Shanghai for nearly two weeks. The city’s residents have been told not to worry, and not much else..
Pollution Kills Thousands of Fish in Brazil
Thousands of fish have been removed from the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, after oxygen levels dropped due to pollution, according to local media.
When to Say No
In itself, the Keystone pipeline will not push the world into a climate apocalypse. But it will continue to fuel our appetite for oil and add to the carbon load in the atmosphere. There is no need to accept it.
Thousands Of Dead Pigs Found Floating In Chinese River
More than 2,800 pig carcasses have been discovered floating in a river that runs through Shanghai and feeds into its tap water supply, according to China’s state media. Pollution has emerged as a source of widespread anger in China.
Castletown Bay Cleared Of Rubbish By Volunteer Group, UK
A half-mile stretch of coastline in the south of the Isle of Man has been completely cleared of litter by a local beach cleaning organisation.
Litter found in deep sea survey of one of Earth’s final unexplored realms
A glimpse into one tiny nook of the vast ocean depths uncovered two drink cans, one bottle, and a rusty food tin.