Tag: Marine water pollution
French refinery leaks toxic chemical into marine life area
PARIS (AP) - An orange-brown chemical sheet spread over 15 acres (6 hectares) of a nationally recognized marine life area in the French Mediterranean...
Thailand’s tourist drought leaves space for shy sea mammal
BANGKOK (AP) - It's rare to see a threatened species of sea mammal in shallow waters in southern Thailand but thanks to travel restrictions...
Scientists gather to study risk from microplastic pollution
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of riceare turning up everywhere in oceans, from...
Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) - Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as...
Carnival execs back in court on ocean pollution case
MIAMI (AP) - Top Carnival Corp. executives are due back in court to explain what the world's largest cruise line is doing to reduce...
‘We’re all in big trouble’: Climate panel sees a dire future
NEW YORK (AP) - Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned...
‘We’re all in big trouble’: Climate panel sees a dire future
NEW YORK (AP) - Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned...
‘We’re all in big trouble’: Climate panel sees a dire future
NEW YORK (AP) - Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned...
New climate report: Oceans rising faster, ice melting more
NEW YORK (AP) - Climate change is making the world's oceans warm, rise, lose oxygen and get more acidic at an ever-faster pace, while...
Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships
MIAMI (AP) - Carnival Corp. reached a settlement Monday with federal prosecutors in which the world's largest cruise line agreed to pay a $20...