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Using less laundry detergent could save your clothes - and the environment.

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Are you making these microplastic-leaching laundry mistakes?

Your laundry could be leaking microplastics into your home. Here’s how to wash your clothes more sustainably.

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EU Policy. Lawmakers agree tougher standards to tackle marine pollution

Satellite monitoring is a key aspect of the bill meant to prevent spills in the sea.

16/02/2024

The organisation says its mission is to restore one million hectares of ocean biodiversity by 2040.

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Social enterprise to recruit young Brits to ‘save the seas’

The organisation says its mission is to restore one million hectares of ocean biodiversity by 2040.

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On 11 March, the team will embark on a 250-day hike around the entirety of the Baltic Sea.

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Activists to hike 5,500 km to highlight Baltic Sea’s ‘critical state’

The Baltic Sea is one of the five most polluted seas in the world.

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EU Policy. Spanish plastic pellet spill galvanises EU efforts to limit microplastic pollution

A proposal to expand the scope of microplastic pollution rules to companies transporting pellets was welcomed by several EU lawmakers, but the European Commission raises concerns over competitiveness.

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Volunteers collect plastic pellets from a beach in Nigran, Pontevedra, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

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Millions of plastic pellets from Spanish spill could be eaten by fish

“The contamination of the oceans and ecosystems with plastics is one of the biggest problems faced by humanity,” Spain’s minister for the environment, Teresa Ribera, said.

09/01/2024

Meet the team turning marine trash into cash in France

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"At Sauvage, we are not limited to one idea. We can also innovate. We try, we experiment. It's an everlasting quest to improve the quality of what we do."

01/01/2024

A Caribbean island has created the world's first protected area for sperm whales.

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World-first reserve created for whales that fight CO2 with their poop

Dominica is treating its sperm whales like ‘citizens’ with a world-first marine protected area.

14/11/2023

Are plastic credits the answer to combatting plastic pollution?

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Could plastic credits stem the tide of pollution?

Plastic credits help to clear plastic pollution from our oceans, but experts warn they could also lead to greenwashing.

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Bubble curtains shield marine life from noisy wind farm construction in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

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How are these jacuzzi like circles saving porpoises and seals?

Bubble curtains were used to limit oil spills - now they’re safeguarding porpoises from wind farm noise in the North Sea.

10/11/2023

The accident released a slick of fuel into the Baltic Sea, which reached the coast in the evening, authorities said.

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Sweden coastguard launches criminal investigation over ferry oil spill

Oil spills can have serious impacts on marine life and the natural environment.

25/10/2023

The second edition of the IUCN Leaders Forum brought together over 400 participants to identify solutions to protect and restore nature.

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Nature conference launches billion-euro ocean protection plan

The second edition of the IUCN Leaders Forum brought together over 400 participants to identify solutions to protect and restore nature.

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The water company has been discharging sewage into a protected area near bottlenose dolphin habitat.

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Water company admits to illegally spilling sewage in protected river

Protected species in the River Teifi and Cardigan Bay have been exposed to untreated sewage discharges for years.

20/10/2023

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Noise, the invisible pollutant threatening marine life, explained

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Noise pollution in our oceans is increasing. To investigate its consequences and possible solutions, we go back in time to September 2002, when a tragic event changed underwater noise research forever. Watch our report by clicking on the video above.

19/10/2023

Tyre dust: Is the world waking up to this major source of microplastic pollution?

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Toxic tyre dust is polluting our oceans with microplastics

Some 2 billion tyres are made a year. What is the environmental cost of the 'chemical cocktail' that goes into them?

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Funafuti, the main island of the nation state of Tuvalu, which is deemed ‘extremely vulnerable’ to the impacts of climate change.

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Small island states take on big polluters in landmark climate case

‘We cannot remain silent’: Small island states are using the law of the sea to demand climate action in a world-first case.

11/09/2023

Laura Sánchez is a marine biologist onboard the Seahorse in the Gulf of California, Mexico

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Meet the crew saving the world's most endangered marine life off the coast of Mexico

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Conservationists worry that ecosystems will be damaged by deep sea mining, especially without any environmental protocols.

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Deep sea mining fails to get green light at UN debate

Finland, Germany and Portugal were among the countries that blocked deep sea mining licences.

02/08/2023

Image shows a concept rendering of 'Belle', the fish robot developed at ETH Zurich.

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This AI-driven robot fish is helping to protect the health of our seas

The autonomous bot can collect samples and film underwater, providing a detailed picture of the environment without disturbing it.

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A pair of North Atlantic right whales interact at the surface of Cape Cod Bay, 27 March 2023, in Massachusetts.

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How will the UN's historic 'high seas' treaty protect marine life?

Greenpeace’s Chris Thorne has called the treaty “a win for all life on this planet.”

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