The oil spill on the Marañón River is covering rocks on the rivers’ shores, and also the white suits donned by the men who have been hired to clean up the spill in the Amazon tributary.
The oil spill on the Marañón River is covering rocks on the rivers’ shores, and also the white suits donned by the men who have been hired to clean up the spill in the Amazon tributary.
Marine scientists from Kiel have examined whether and how quickly bacteria deplete plastic bags in the sediment of the seabed. The study shows that classic carrier bags made of polyethylene and biodegradable plastic bags didn’t change at all after hundred days in the seafloor. The results were recently published in the international journal Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Commercial summer shipping across the North Pole may be possible by the end of the century, with the first potential crossings feasible for ice-strengthened ships around 2040.
Living up to its name Asia Dive Expo (ADEX), ADEX brings together and celebrates divers, marine life artists, conservationists and photographers from all around the world every year, especially those coming from the Australasia region! Although the event is already in […]
What has now become the longest global coral die-off ever recorded could continue into 2017 thanks to global warming and the intense El Niño event currently heating up waters in the Pacific.
A team of scientists have launched a series of research flights over the remote seas surrounding Antarctica in an effort to better understand how much carbon dioxide the icy waters are able to lock away.
Marine researchers believe it is within our grasp to protect much more of the world’s oceans from overfishing, but only with concerted science-driven policy efforts.
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