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The future of the sea? How the ocean economy can fight plastic pollution.

01 June 2018

Zero Waste Week starts

04 September 2017

UK supermarkets must take lead in tackling plastic pollution

01 June 2017

Nations that are cleaning up ---- part 1!

06 March 2017

California butterflies and neonicotinoids!

17 August 2016

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Photography competition (Atkins CIWEM) for all

featured Photography competition (Atkins CIWEM) for all

One of the selected images from 10,000 that were entered for the competition in 2014 Rio image; Credit: © Angelo-Antonio Duarte Even the average photographic competition produces the most vivid...

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Japan's Struggle after Fukushima

Japan's Struggle after Fukushima

The yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, or ahi in Hawaii and the other big tunas could be accumulating more radioactive material from its diet . However, the concern about Fukushima should...

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Unhappy home pollution is rife.

Unhappy home pollution is rife.

Don’t you know there’s butyl acetate in that nail varnish? It is not only cosmetics that we need to monitor. The outside air can creep into your house, while fabric...

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Lima Call for Climate Change !

Lima Call for Climate Change !

The nations of the world, or at least 200 of them come together because of their extreme situation, but do all the politicians realise what the priorities are?; image; Credit:...

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Relief for American groundwater worries (or is it?)

Relief for American groundwater worries (or is it?)

In the dim and distant past, whether you had Blackfeet or a Flathead, the water from the Marias River always flooded the pretty St Mary’s waterfall in Glacier National Park,...

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China reveals “magic” land treatment success.

China reveals “magic” land treatment success.

The rice harvest is being gathered. In Hebie province, would you eat the rice if it has not been thoroughly tested? Many international companies and Chinese enterprises are involved but...

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Solutions to the sad case of the Aral Sea

Solutions to the sad case of the Aral Sea

Around the plains of the Amu Darya, some bee eaters, Merops orientalis, still survive, but their health and that of the human population is under severe strain; Green bee-eaters image;...

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Quagga mussels invade your waterways!

Quagga mussels invade your waterways!

Small fish and salmonids as large as the grayling, Thymallus thymallus, will be affected in any watershed being invaded by the tiny quagga mussel. Plankton and invertebrates can be decimated,...

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Global Commission adds pressure to climate debate

Global Commission adds pressure to climate debate

The only good fossil is one that's buried or in a museum. The little reptile isn't being burnt with its rock in a power station. Instead, this specimen informs us...

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Particle and nitrous oxide pollution in your car

Particle and nitrous oxide pollution in your car

The air seems clear, but the pollution is both invisible and inside your passenger compartment; Traffic image; Credit: © Shutterstock "Counterintuitive," could be the key to the failure of people...

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