All posts tagged with Ocean

(Natural News) Earthquakes and tsunamis are two of the most catastrophic natural disasters that cause extensive, far-reaching damage and kill thousand of lives whenever they occur. In fact, data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) revealed that the estimated deaths associated with earthquake were more than 226,000 in 2010 alone. The Insurance Information Institute also noted […]

(Natural News) An oil spill is always a nasty affair, and the case involving the recently sunk Sanchi oil tanker in the East China Sea is no exception. While its sinking has already caused millions in losses and several dozen lost lives, the problem is far from over. According to new reports on an updated […]

(Natural News) Plastic pollution has drastically affected marine life that even animals living in the deepest parts of the sea have been found to contain trace amounts of plastic fibers in their bodies, a disturbing new study reveals. A team of researchers at the Newcastle University in the U.K. collected various crustacean specimens from the deepest […]

(Natural News) Thunderstorms and flooding are expected to become more intense because of human activities, according to reports by Science Daily. In the first report by the Science Daily, scientists observed how thunderstorms directly above two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes were more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships do […]

(Natural News) Is Mother Nature fighting back against the abuses that have been heaped on her for decades? In the last week of August, beachgoers eager to enjoy the last of the summer in Birling Gap, East Sussex, U.K., were suddenly thrown into a state of panic when a strange mist, which some described as […]

(Natural News) Following a major earthquake in March 2011, a 15 meter-high tsunami ravaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Though the reactors immediately shut down after the quake, the giant wave that hit Fukushima’s shores disabled the emergency generators that power and operate the pumps that cool the reactors. The insufficient cooling resulted in […]

(Natural News) Plastic-eating caterpillars known as “wax worms” may one day help reduce the global pollution crisis, a study revealed. Prior to the study, an amateur beekeeper was cleaning her hives and placed the parasitic wax worms in a plastic bag, only to find out that the caterpillars were able to make holes in the plastic. As […]

(Natural News) Plastic waste has been accumulating in the oceans since as far back as the 1920s; just a few years after Leo Baekeland accidentally invented the first type of plastic called bakelite, back in 1907. The use of plastic exploded in the 1950s, and scientists began documenting the problem of plastic pollution in the […]