All posts tagged with ocean health

(Natural News) By now toxic microplastics are everywhere. Their victims include seabirds, aquatic mammals, and mega-fauna. Now, they’re also in three out of every four mesopelagic fish caught in the Northwest Atlantic, warned a Science Daily article. The 73 percent contamination rate is one of the highest levels in the world. The unique feeding behavior […]

(Natural News) Sir David Attenborough, an English veteran broadcaster and naturalist who recently made a documentary on plastic and its harmful effects on the environment, said that the Earth’s oceans are slowly becoming a toxic depository due to the evil deeds of the planet’s dwellers. Describing one scene from the documentary, Attenborough said, “In it, […]

(Natural News) Our actions can affect the environment in many ways, and some are more obvious than others. Throwing garbage into the ocean, cutting down trees, and pumping toxic chemicals into the air out of factory smokestacks are clearly harmful to our planet, but other actions are destroying the earth much more quietly. For example, […]

(Natural News) Innocently using a washing machine could inadvertently damage the environment. Researchers have now concluded that washing cycles, regardless of number or length, released vast amounts of microplastics from fabrics, which inevitably entered the environment through wastewater. The results were published in Environmental Science and Technology and reflected the first-ever meticulous and systematic investigation […]