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G7 Minus Two: Leaders Agree to Ocean Plastic Charter Author  Irene Banos Ruiz                     Date  11.06.2018 Five of the G7 nations, without the US and Japan, have agreed to an ocean plastics charter. But will such non-binding measures be enough for the world's industrialized countries to beat plastic pollution together? Hate crimes, discrimination, inequality and nightmare events like the deadly war in Syria can make us feel that our world is upside down. But these weren't the only urgent issues world leaders had to address. Climate change and  plastic pollution  are much quieter threats — but relentless and fierce nonetheless. In the Group of Seven's (G7) closing communique out of Charlevoix, Canada, on Saturday, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom pledged to combat ocean pollution through a  G7 Ocean Plastics Charter . The United States and Japan ...

World Oceans Day And Mind-Blowing Facts About The Blue Planet BY  SHANE CROUCHER ON 6/8/18 AT 11:03 AM It’s World Oceans Day on Friday June 8, an event coordinated by The Ocean Project, and its goal is to get the world talking about the perilous state of oceans. Around 2,000 organizations are involved with The Ocean Project, including aquariums, zoos and museums. Their focus for World Oceans Day 2018? “Preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean,” according to the official website. Plastic pollution is a huge problem in our oceans. Waste plastic created by humans finds its way into the water, contaminating and killing the wealth of life within it. Ocean campaigners are pushing for governments to take responsibility for the state of our waters before the current crisis gets any worse. To mark World Oceans Day 2018, here are some mind-blowing and alarming facts about the ocean that should both inspire and worry you. Plastic bottles and...

Whale Died After Eating 80 Plastic Bags 2 June 2018                        AFP/ THAIWHALES     Helpers tried to stabilise the whale but it died on Friday afternoon A pilot whale has died off southern Thailand after swallowing 80 plastic bags, Thai marine officials say. The whale vomited five bags during a vain attempt by conservation officials to save it in a canal in Songkhla province. The bags, weighing about 8kg (17lbs), had made it impossible for the whale to eat food, a marine expert said. A recent report warned the amount of plastic in the ocean could triple in a decade  unless litter was curbed. Thailand is a major user of plastic bags and its government last month announced it was considering a levy on them. They are believed to kill hundreds of marine animals there each year. The small male pilot whale had been discovered ailing and unable to swim in the Na Thap Canal last Monday.   ...

How Plastic Pollution is Affecting the Ocean Wildlife By   Kerry Taylor-Smith, B.Sc. (Hons)   May 16  2018 Image Credit:Shutterstock/ RichCarey Introduction A huge whale with a plastic bucket stuck in its mouth, new-born dolphin calves being exposed to pollutants through their mother’s contaminated milk, and seabirds unsuspectingly feeding their chicks piece of plastic - these scenes from the  BBC Blue Planet II documentary series were heart-breaking, and just a snapshot o f the problems plastic pollution is causing in the oceans. Effects of Plastic on Marine Life Fish, marine mammals and seabirds are being injured and killed by plastic pollution, and its it believed that 700 species could go extinct because of it. Current estimates suggest that at least 267 species worldwide have been affected, including 84% of sea turtle species, 44% of all seabird species and 43% of all marine mammal species – but there are probably many more. Deaths are chiefly caused by...

How India's Fishermen Turn Ocean Plastic Into Roads In an innovative project, fishermen in Kerala collect ocean plastic for recycling, cleaning the ocean in the process. A fisherman in Kerala, India, repairs nets on a beach. Plastic pollution can damage and clog nets, but now fishermen are fighting back. PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANK BIENEWALD, GETTY IMAGES By  Maanvi Singh PUBLISHED  MAY 23, 2018 KOLLAM, INDIA-- Kadalamma —Mother Sea—that’s what Xavier Peter calls the Arabian Sea. His own mother gave him life, but Kadalamma gave him purpose, a livelihood. She has provided for him, offering up enough fish to feed his family and sell at the market. And she has protected him, sparing him thrice from cyclones and once from a tsunami. Xavier has been trawling for shrimp and fish off India’s southwestern coast for more than three decades, his whole adult life. But lately, when he casts out his nets, he often comes up with more  plastic  than fish. “Pulling the nets out o...

Man Plans to Swim the Pacific Ocean to Raise Awareness for Plastic Pollution by  Lacy Cooke You’ve heard a lot about the  ocean plastic  crisis, and may even know a fair amount about the  Great Pacific Garbage Patch . But for many of us, the issue can still seem far away when we drink out of a plastic bottle or tote groceries in a plastic bag. Professional distance swimmer  Ben Lecomte  aims to offer a fresh, personal perspective on  ocean health  as he swims 5,500 miles across the  Pacific Ocean . Inhabitat caught up with Lecomte just days before he plans to leave for the potentially record-setting trek. Lecomte could be the first man to swim across the Pacific Ocean, but that’s not his goal for this venture. “My goal is to do something a little bit out there, a little bit extreme, to get the attention on an issue very important to everybody: the state of the  ocean ,” he told Inhabitat. He’ll leave from Tokyo and swim to Sa...