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What the Foam?!

Ocean Conservancy

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Plastic foam foodware items are consistently among the most collected items from beaches and waterways during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup ® (ICC), with volunteers collecting more than 8.7

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Urban Ocean Summit Successfully Supports Cities

Ocean Conservancy

As our ocean connects us, so does the need for solutions to protect it. Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Traces of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill still detectable in 2020

Frontiers

Ocean, sunlight, and microbes. Water-soluble chemicals dissolved relatively quickly into the sea and were biodegraded by marine organisms, but this was not true for all of the spilled oil’s components. “Our paper describes the most abundant chemicals that make up typical crude oil and their potential fates in the environment.”. ?

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity.

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48 Eco Friendly Products You Can Buy Today to Help Stop Plastic Pollution

Onya

One million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die each year from plastic pollution in our oceans. Recycled Ocean Plastic Eyewear. Sea2see collects ocean plastic waste, nets, and ropes in coordination with fishing communities in Spain to create their Italian designed eyewear. Biodegradable Garden Pots.

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The Lifehacker’s Guide to Living with Less Plastic (The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to a Plastic-Free Life)

Onya

From polluting oceans and harming wildlife, to filling up landfills for decades without decomposing, this material is having devastating short term and long term effects on our planet. Buy clothing made of biodegradable and natural fibers. Ocean Conservancy. Clean Oceans International. each month. each month.

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Kathleen Hebert: Protecting the Puget Sound through Activism and Investment

Washington Nature

by Anya Blaney The catastrophic demise of sea stars prompted Kathleen Hebert, a tidepool enthusiast, to start working immediately on the conservation of the waters surrounding her home in the Pacific Northwest. In 2015, she became a Northwest Conservation Philanthropy Fellow.