Some artificial sweeteners are forever chemicals that could be harming aquatic life
Artificial sweeteners aren’t metabolised by the human body, so they are excreted – and that’s where the environmental problems begin.
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Beach cleans aren’t just good for the sea – they can boost your mental health and encourage better behaviour
Litter reduces the beneficial effects of being by the sea.
The major source of ocean plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of
Nurdles are a raw feedstock used to make most of the plastic products we use everyday, but they’re flooding the ocean as “mermaid tears”.
I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches
A new mobile app helps volunteers track down plastic littered along the Irish coast.
A quarter of freshwater animals threatened with extinction, finds major new study
Scientists have assessed more than 23,000 species.
The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen
We need to focus on causes like overconsumption, not the material itself.
Humans drained the Aral Sea once before – but there are no free refills this time round
The Aral Sea has reached a new low, literally and figuratively; new satellite images from NASA show that, for the first time in its recorded history, the largest basin has completely dried up. However…
How your pile of laundry fills the sea with plastic pollution
Tiny fibres from washing machines are being eaten by a multitude of marine species.
Our food system is at risk of crossing ‘environmental limits’ – here’s how to ease the pressure
New research finds a sustainable food system is possible but will require huge global changes.
A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows
But how the world will get to zero pollution is still uncertain – and production caps are untested.
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