Tag: oceans

Major brands such as SeaWorld Parks, American Express, Royal Caribbean, IKEA, A&W Canada and Burger King U.K. have all announced their effort to eliminate items like plastic drinking straws, stirrers, lids and bags.

"This week we will look closely at how we can tackle the many threats to the health of the world's oceans, including the scourge of marine plastic pollution."

"The sea bed is teeming with life. We really need a mission to planet ocean – it's the last frontier."

"Plastic is one of the biggest threats in the ocean at the moment, I would say, apart from climate change,"

This time around, partisan politics have become part of the process.

"This handout to Big Oil executives puts short-term corporate profits ahead of the long-term health and livelihood of America’s coastal families and ignores the growing threat posed by climate change."

At least 10 fracking chemicals routinely used in offshore fracking could kill or harm a broad variety of marine species, including marine mammals and fish.

A new study is one of the few to investigate what ocean acidification might do to fish communities.

What better way to understand the dangers of plastic pollution than by traveling on a ship made out of garbage?

The amount of plastic in the world’s oceans could increase by a factor of 10 in the next decade.