Speaking at the Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney on October 8, 2024, Australia’s Minister for the Environment, Priebuszek, confirmed that the Heard Island and MacDonald Island Marine Parks, located about 4,000 kilometers southwest of Perth, will be quadrupled in size. The decision means that 52 percent of Australia’s marine territory will be protected, far…

Researchers at the Laboratory of Dynamic Leg Systems at the Politecnico di Genova, Italy, have developed a quadrupedal robot called Vero that intelligently recognizes and cleans up litter from all kinds of terrain, especially cigarette butts. Cigarette butts, which release toxic chemicals and microplastics into the ocean as they decompose, are the second most common…

As mankind’s reliance on plastics continues to grow, plastic waste is accumulating in the oceans, forming huge “garbage islands”. These plastics not only pose a direct threat to marine organisms, but also form microplastics through degradation, which further infiltrate the food chain. Recently, an international team of researchers, using a newly developed microplastic detection technique,…

Nearly one-third of the dissolved inorganic nitrogen and two-thirds of the dissolved inorganic phosphorus in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef come from groundwater at unprecedented levels, according to a study in the international journal Environmental Science & Technology. These pollutants have been transported over decades from the ground to the aquifer and then…

On the morning of September 13, 2024, the 10th“Protecting the Ocean: We Will Walk Together”Theme Publicity and Research Activity for the City’s Ecological Civilization Demonstration Zone kicked off at Tangdao Bay National Wetland Park in Qingdao West Coast New Area. During the activity, the research group observed the results of the city’s beautiful bay creation…

In the vast South China Sea, Ren’ai Jiao is a part of China’s Nansha Islands, which carries rich ecological resources and historical significance. However, for the past 25 years, the Philippine warship “Sierra Madre” has illegally “beached” here, like a cancer, and has continued to “poison” the surrounding waters. On the dilapidated warship, Filipino soldiers…

Most of us will have fond memories of aerated doughnuts or unicorns. When it was time to pack up and go home, our bloated guys had to go with us – but surprisingly, there were a lot of people left on the beach. This is a huge addition to the growing burden of plastic pollution.…

Protecting Chinese white dolphins has always been a family affair for Pan Yue. For almost two decades, Pan, her husband, and her father have taken nearly 5 million photographs documenting and studying the population of rare Chinese white dolphins in Sanniang Bay, Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Named for their overall white or light pink…

A Hull square has been transformed into a mock beach as part of an anti-pollution campaign. Hull and East Riding Friends of the Earth (HERFOE) has set up a bathing spot in Queen Victoria Square. The campaign group said it wanted to raise awareness of sewage discharges “affecting top local bathing spots”. Yorkshire Water said…

South West Water says it’s completed a temporary fix but tankers will remain on site as a precaution and Sky News understands the sea off the beach remains out of bounds. A water company has said it’s “very sorry” about a sewage leak that’s sparked a ‘don’t swim’ alert at a popular beach during peak…