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Stemming the Plastic Tide: 10 Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans

Stemming the Plastic Tide: 10 Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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Sustainability through Transparency

Sustainability through Transparency | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
We advance the sustainability of our ocean through increased transparency. We use cutting-edge technology to visualise, track and share information about global fishing activity in near real-time and for free
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Home | Marine Conservation Society

Home | Marine Conservation Society | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it

Marine conservation

 

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US Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That's Bad News for the Planet

US Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That's Bad News for the Planet | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The U.S. ditched this year's World Ocean Summit. While past meetings had been attended by U.S. officials, this year's absence suggests a change of agenda.
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How underwater gardening can rewild the Atlantic Ocean

Trowels and spades are being put to use in the sea.
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Gallery: Jaw-Dropping Images of Life Under the Sea

Gallery: Jaw-Dropping Images of Life Under the Sea | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Live Science chose some of the most stunning underwater photos from a recent contest, revealing heavenly shots of clownfish, gobies and shrimp that just might change how you view the sea.
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'Super macro' photos reveal the magical world of the tiniest creatures in the sea

'Super macro' photos reveal the magical world of the tiniest creatures in the sea | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Photographer Jeannot Kuenzel trains his lens on the ocean's unseen: most of his subjects are less than ten millimetres long, about the same length as two grains of rice.
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Why we need to research strange underwater creatures

Why we need to research strange underwater creatures | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is an advocate for underwater creatures with behaviors almost too weird to believe. At TEDxKC, he explains wh
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Drones Are Officially Cleaning Up Ocean Trash [Watch]

Drones Are Officially Cleaning Up Ocean Trash [Watch] | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The Waste Shark is about the size of a passenger car and can vacuum up 1,100 pounds of floating trash. Because it can work 24/7, it's incredibly efficient.
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A rover dived to the bottom of the ocean. 15 photos show what it found there.

A rover dived to the bottom of the ocean. 15 photos show what it found there. | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Scientists are broadcasting their dives into the deep ocean live on YouTube. They've found some really cool stuff so far. Plus a few definitely non-cool things.
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Cool Infographics - Blog - Lakes & Oceans: A Deep Infographic

Cool Infographics - Blog - Lakes & Oceans: A Deep Infographic | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it

Another great infographic from Randall Munroe’s xkcd online comic. Lakes & Oceans visualizes the various depths of the worlds water, and even includes…a mysterious door that James Cameron built his deep-sea submersible to reach at the bottom of the Marianas Trench and open?


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Join the plastic challenge this July | Marine Conservation Society

Join the plastic challenge this July | Marine Conservation Society | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Can you go a month without plastic? Take the MCS plastic challenge and help show companies they don't need to use so much single use plastic.
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Microplastic pollution in oceans is far worse than feared, say scientists | Environment | The Guardian

Microplastic pollution in oceans is far worse than feared, say scientists | Environment | The Guardian | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A study reveals highest microplastic pollution levels ever recorded in a river in Manchester, UK and shows that billions of particles flooded into the sea from rivers in the area in just one year
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The Great Nurdle Hunt, Reducing plastic pellet pollution at sea.

The Great Nurdle Hunt, Reducing plastic pellet pollution at sea. | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Project aimed at reducing and monitoring plastic nurdle pollution in our seas and oceans.
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Atlas of the Underworld | van der Meer, D.G., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., and Spakman, W., 2017, Atlas of the Underworld: slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower ...

Atlas of the Underworld | van der Meer, D.G., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., and Spakman, W., 2017, Atlas of the Underworld: slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower ... | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
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Education | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Education | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Educators, students, and curious people everywhere — come explore the ocean and atmosphere.
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Solar-powered Pipe desalinates 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water a year for California

Solar-powered Pipe desalinates 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water a year for California | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Solar power and water desalination are two of the most important things to lock down in the modern age.  Produces an endless source of drinking water and electricity is what we need to guide us through the unknowns of a changing climate. This is why an incredible project like The Pipe needs global attention. The…
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Kristen Marhaver | Humans Versus The Ocean - 52 Insights

Kristen Marhaver | Humans Versus The Ocean - 52 Insights | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Kristen Marhaver is a marine biologist, researcher, public speaker, and perhaps most uniquely, an optimistic conservationist.
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The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean

The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?
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Playlist: 4 TEDx Talks on the wonders of the oceans

Playlist: 4 TEDx Talks on the wonders of the oceans | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The ocean is full of all sorts of strange and fascinating flora, fauna and phenomena. In these talks from TEDx events around the globe, ocean explorer
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Saving the World's Oceans is This Marine Biologist's Life Pursuit

Saving the World's Oceans is This Marine Biologist's Life Pursuit | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Sylvia Earle, an unstoppable force at 81, wants 20% of our oceans declared protected marine areas by 2020.
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