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Fukushima is running out of space to store contaminated water. Japan's environment minister said the 'only option' is to dump it in the ocean.
Shortly after the tsunami, Fukushima plant workers constructed storage tanks to house the contamina…
Aria Bendix
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How a 'blue belt' could save 4 million square kilometres of the world's oceans
However, there is still a huge amount of work to do before our oceans are clean and our species are…
Thomas Colson
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This guy plans to swim across the Pacific Ocean over the next 6 months
Lecomte has partnered with Seeker and Discovery on the project, which they have named simply, "The …
Kevin Loria
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Scientists have created magnetic coils thinner than a human hair that could break down plastic in the ocean
Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, launched The Ocean Cleanup project six years ago. His organ…
Aylin Woodward
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Oil-eating microbes found in the deepest part of the ocean could help clean up man-made oil spills
The deepest part of the infamous Mariana Trench - a 43-mile-wide crescent canyon that cuts its way …
Aylin Woodward
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The 25-year-old trying to rid the world's oceans of plastic just created a floating garbage truck that collects trash from rivers
The Interceptor is designed to operate in almost any river, but it can be tailored to suit differen…
Aria Bendix
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Tiny pellets called 'nurdles' are leeching into the ocean. A new Shell plant could produce 80 trillion of them a year.
Manufacturing companies use nurdles to make virgin plastic - plastic that hasn't previously been re…
Aria Bendix
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More plastic pollution is swirling in the deep ocean than in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a new study has found
Microplastics aren't just a problem for marine life. They make their way into the food we eat and b…
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists found 414 million pieces of trash on these tiny islands in the Indian Ocean - more proof that the plastic problem is out of control
The researchers sampled roughly 2,200 square-foot tracts of land from each beach, as well as 430-sq…
Aylin Woodward
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It's been nearly 30 years since the Exxon Valdez oil spill. But that crisis pales in comparison to these recent ocean disasters.
The Gulf oil spill - sometimes called the Deepwater Horizon or BP spill - off the coast of Louisian…
Aylin Woodward
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New research suggests we might be thinking about the ocean plastic problem all wrong - trash dumped from ships could be a major culprit
The authors noted that it's possible some of these Chinese-made bottles could have been exported to…
Aylin Woodward
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The giant garbage vortex in the Pacific Ocean is over twice the size of Texas - here's what it looks like
Every little bit of plastic that gets tossed into the ocean or swept downstream out to sea either s…
Kevin Loria
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A pipeline ruptured on the California coastline and leaked 21,000 gallons of oil into the ocean
The pipeline, which runs parallel to Highway 101 near Santa Barbara, left a slick extending about f…
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A Massive Molasses Spill Is Killing Everything In Its Path - And Nothing Can Be Done To Clean Up The Mess
The spill is being called the worst environmental disaster in Hawaii's history. The cracked pipe th…
Dina Spector
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A 21-year-old developed a brilliant ocean-cleaning technology that's becoming a reality
The company just announced that it has received full funding for its North Sea prototype test, whic…
Caroline Praderio
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A trifecta of global crises could snarl supply chains and increase prices
A sudden flurry of global developments has the US economy staring down a troubling trifecta of majo…
Eliza Relman
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I've raised my child between the US and New Zealand. I've learned important lessons about 'fearless parenting' from my Kiwi friends.
I've been raising my daughter between the two countries for 18 years now. I've learned to be less o…
Barbara Dessart
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Officials accuse ship of being 'Unseaworthy' that left port even though its alarms had gone off
In a legal filing on Monday, Baltimore officials said the Dali was "clearly unseaworthy," but that …
Matthew Loh
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2 ship companies are invoking a 200-year-old law to try to skirt huge legal liabilities from the Baltimore collision
The companies want to cap their liability at $43.7 million by invoking a 19th-century maritime law …
Huileng Tan
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OPINION: Planet vs Plastics — A multi-stakeholder approach to clean up the Earth
Life cycle assessment of plastic reveals that petroleum-based plastics can be recycled three to fou…