Read more about the article Rescued Endangered Turtles Teach Beachgoers Grim Truth Of Pollution
Picture shows two green turtles (Chelonia mydas) that were returned to the sea on the beaches of San Clemente del Tuyu, Argentina, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. They were rescued after getting caught in the nets of fishermen and rehabilitated. (Fundacion Mundo Marino/Newsflash)

Rescued Endangered Turtles Teach Beachgoers Grim Truth Of Pollution

Marine life experts use two endangered turtles rescued from plastic pollution and fishing nets to educate beachgoers in Argentina. The green sea turtles were rescued after becoming caught in artisanal…

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Read more about the article Breakthrough In Scrubbing Microplastics From The World’s Oceans
Picture shows natural and synthetic marine debris in Oahu, Hawaii, in undated footage. SEED's Trash Time Machine uses water and physics to separate natural and synthetic material. (@seed.world/Newsflash)

Breakthrough In Scrubbing Microplastics From The World’s Oceans

Retired US Marine Corps combat engineer shows off a new tool capable of separating microplastics from organic sea matter. The Trash Time Machine (TTM) is an open-source invention created by…

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Read more about the article Farmers Appeal Fine For Calf’s Loud Mooing
Photo shows the cow Carminathe whose owner received a fine of three hundred euros because of it mooing too loud in Siero, Asturias, in northern Spain, undated photo. The moos reportedly reached 74 decibels, when the noise law established a maximum of 55. (Newsflash)

Farmers Appeal Fine For Calf’s Loud Mooing

Baffled farmers are appealing a EUR-300 fine imposed on a calf's for mooing too loudly. A neighbour in Siero, Asturias Region, north-western Spain had complained to local councillors last year…

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Read more about the article Astonished Researchers Find Penguins Free Of Microplastics
Image shows an emperor penguin colony near the Neumayer station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in an undated photo. A 2022 study showed that young emperor penguins swim far north beyond the 50th parallel south in their first year of life in Antarctica. (Alfred Wegener Institut, Aymeric Houstin/Newsflash)

Astonished Researchers Find Penguins Free Of Microplastics

Overjoyed researchers have revealed how a new study of the diet of emperor penguins shows they have no trace of microplastic in their bodies. Doctoral candidate from the Department of…

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Read more about the article Human Noise Travels All The Way To Ocean Depths And Affects Seafloor Life – New Study
Photo shows amphipods that occur in high densities in the seabed of the North Sea, undated photo. Scientists say sounds with low frequencies stress some species of crustaceans, worms and mussels - with potentially far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems. (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Sheng Wang/Newsflash)

Human Noise Travels All The Way To Ocean Depths And Affects Seafloor Life – New Study

Scientists have demonstrated that noise caused by humans can carry all the way down to the seafloor and affect the marine wildlife that lives there. An increasing number of sounds…

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Read more about the article Plastic Waste Has Turned Deep Sea Into Trash Can Of Oceans
The scientists detected microplastic particles in each of the sediment samples taken – between 215 and 1596 particles per kilogram of sediment. (AWI/Newsflash)

Plastic Waste Has Turned Deep Sea Into Trash Can Of Oceans

The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the oceans is being threatened with extinction by micro-plastics, a new study has revealed. The shock findings emerged after scientists studied the…

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Read more about the article 5.4 Million Tonnes Of Microplastic Rubbish Each Year In Atlantic, Says Study
The samples on microplastic pollution were collected by a sediment trap attached in 2000 meters water depth to the Azores Observatory "Kiel 276" anchored in the middle of the Northeast Atlantic. (J. Waniek, IOW/Newsflash)

5.4 Million Tonnes Of Microplastic Rubbish Each Year In Atlantic, Says Study

A shocking study of pollution of the Atlantic Ocean's deep waters has revealed that it soaks up more than five million tonnes of microplastic each year. The first-ever observation of…

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