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More Floating Microplastics in Ocean than Expected

C. Coimbra photo Editor’s Note:  Since 2009, in Mermaid Tears — Another Nautical Disaster, Neptune 911 has reported and shared stories about microplastics and their impact on our oceans.  This latest...

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Circular Economy for Plastics Proposed

–From Fortune By 2050, the ocean is expected to contain more plastic than fish by weight. The steady leakage of plastic packaging into the oceans—at the rate of one garbage truck full of plastic per...

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Microplastic Impact on Oysters

C. Coimbra photo Tiny bits of plastic in the ocean could have a serious impact on the ability of oysters to reproduce, a new study suggests, affecting everything from the movement of their sperm to the...

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Editor’s Note: Neptune 911 will post, on occasion (when the source seems valid), various idea, inventions, or methods to remove plastic from our seas.  Neptune 911 does not endorse these ideas, but...

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Plastic Fills Stomachs of 13 Beached Whales

By Helena Horton, The Telegraph 29 Mar 2016 The heartbreaking effect of human waste was discovered when a post-mortem was conducted on 13 beached sperm whales.  The plastic we discard into the ocean...

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Scuba Divers Provide Infographic on Ocean Pollution

Editor’s Note: A special report for Neptune 911 from Andrew Dilevics from DiveIn.com When we think of the ocean, our first thought is; how deep and vast it is. The ocean covers approximately 72% of the...

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Karachi’s Polluted Ocean Impacts Economy

  With around 22 million people, Karachi produces up to 12,000 tons of solid waste every day, almost all of it ends up in the sea. C. Coimbra photo   The team of five exhausted fishermen have just...

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San Francisco Bans Foam Products

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to outlaw a host of commonly used foam products, in a move hailed as the nation’s most extensive such ban. The ban applies to...

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Plastic Smog Continues to Spread in Oceans

An OP-ED by Dr. Chad Nelsen, Surfrider CEO  Every single time I go for a surf or a swim in the ocean in Southern California, I find plastic floating in the sea. I usually grab the plastic bag, wrapper...

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A United Worldwide Front to “Break Free from Plastic”

Stiv Wilson, Break Free From Plastic photo A network of 90 NGOs from around the world including big names such as Greenpeace, Oceana, the Story of Stuff Project, GAIA, 5Gyres and Clean Water Action...

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