Now playing Next no comment Watch: Millions join global cleanup campaign Millions of people marked World Cleanup Day on Saturday, joining what was set to be the biggest-ever single day of volunteer-based waste collection efforts. 15/09/2018
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Now playing Next world news Daily air quality forecasts could save millions of lives, say scientis Vincent-Henri Peuch, the head of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, said the idea was to make information on air pollution levels “as daily, as mundane as a weather forecast”. 08/09/2018
Now playing Next World British woman set to travel the length of Hudson River on paddle board A British woman has decided to travel the length of the Hudson River in the US on a paddle board to raise awareness of plastic pollution. Lizzie Carr will paddle for more than a week consecutively to cover the 275 km (170 miles) long journey. 03/09/2018
Now playing Next China Air pollution can damage our intelligence, study finds Exposure to air pollution may impede cognitive ability as people become older, with less-educated men the worst affected, a new study has found. 28/08/2018
Now playing Next Hungary Zoo dumps plastic waste in aquarium to highlight ocean pollution problem Yoghurt pots, plastic bags, fishing nets and flippers are just some of the pieces of rubbish staff at Pecs Zoo have dumped in their tank, which is normally home to thriving schools of fish and other marine animals. 17/08/2018
Now playing Next Italy Plastic bottle raft helps highlight marine pollution problem in Italy This is the Italian who made a raft out of plastic bottles to highlight the problem of marine waste in our seas. 17/08/2018
Now playing Next France French ozone levels set to spike in the heat French authorities are taking measures to reduce pollution levels amid concerns that ozone levels will spike, adding chronic heart and lung disease to the list of health risks brought about by the heatwave. 06/08/2018
Now playing Next Chile Easter Island restricts tourists visits The island's mayor, Petro Edmunds has reduced the number of days from 90 to 30 because, he says, foreigners are "damaging the local idiosyncrasy" 31/07/2018
Now playing Next world news Earth Overshoot Day is the earliest in almost half a century The day marks when humanity's annual demand on nature exceeds what our planet can renew in that year. This year, it falls on Aug. 1 - one day earlier than in 2017, which fell on Aug. 2, and the earliest since our planet went into "overshoot" in 1970, which fell on Dec. 29. 31/07/2018
Now playing Next Belgium Five tonnes of plastic waste from the sea is transformed into a whale Five tons of plastic waste has been pulled from seawater and transformed into the Bruges Whale, a gigantic sculpture that highlights the staggering amount of waste floating in our oceans. 05/07/2018
Now playing Next no comment From bass to soprano, artist leads whale choir for UK exhibition An exhibition about whales has been providing visitors in northern England with a somewhat different insight into the huge mammals with a choir of volunteers mimicking the sounds the species makes. 05/07/2018
Now playing Next no comment Man back-flips to safety from a highway sign, gets arrested A man in California standing up on a freeway sign this morning back-flipped his way to safety — and then he was arrested. 28/06/2018
Now playing Next Greece "Waste to wear" project makes clothes out of discarded fishing nets The Healthy Seas project is trying to protect fish from getting trapped in plastic nets 07/06/2018
Now playing Next Belgium Leadership looks like... cleaning up the oceans by 2040 Boyan Slat went diving in Greece aged 16 and saw more plastic bags than fish. Instead of wringing his hands he went on to set up a not-for-profit that aims to rid the oceans of 90% of their plastic by 2040. And he is well on his way to achieving this. 07/06/2018
Now playing Next Japan French swimmer begins Pacific Ocean crossing to fight ‘plastic smog’ Benoit Lecomte aims to swim from Japan to California while researching the effects of plastic pollution clogging the Pacific. 05/06/2018
Now playing Next world news Greenpeace: Single-use plastic has to stop Greenpeace tells Euronews single-use plastic is to blame for ocean pollution. "We're going to reach a point soon when there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish." 28/05/2018
Now playing Next world news As it happened this morning: Monday 28 May On today's edition: what next as Italy navigates another political pitfall; the abortion debate in Ireland and the UK; and the diplomatic ups and downs between the US and North Korea. 28/05/2018
Now playing Next New Zealand Fighting the spread of microplastics Sailors competing in the Volvo round-the-world yacht race have been collecting water samples as part of a program to measure the spread of microplastics. 21/05/2018