Illegal waste trafficking
On March 20, 1994 as she was preparing to expose an international hazardous waste trafficking scandal in Somalia, Ilaria Alpi, a young 33-year-old Italian journalist was murdered in the capital, Mogadishu.
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Gulf Oil Spill Effects On Wildlife
What are and will be the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on the wildlife in the area? Shells from oysters, clams, and periwinkles hold clues about the ways and rates at which harmful compounds from the spill
Plastic rubbish blights Atlantic Ocean
Scientists have discovered an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where plastic debris accumulates.
-Malgré la mondialisation, un monde encore divisé
The world is divided: by religion, by the gap between rich and poor, by nationalism and prejudice, and by humanity’s desire for land and natural resources belonging to others… Sometimes these conflicts lead to violence, but they don’t always end
Arctic Ocean may be polluted soup by 2070
WITHIN 60 years the Arctic Ocean could be a stagnant, polluted soup. Without drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the Transpolar Drift, one of the Arctic's most powerful currents and a key disperser of pollutants, is likely to disappear because of [...]
New international convention adopted to ensure safe and environmentally sound ship recycling
A new international Convention on ship recycling has been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 is aimed at ensuring that ships, [...]
Baltic Sea on slow path to recovery: Swedish study
The Baltic Sea is slowly recovering and the negative environmental trend has been broken, according to new Swedish research.
Health risks of shipping pollution have been ‘underestimated’
One giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50m cars, study finds
The Marpol Convention
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships is also known as the London Convention or the Marpol Convention (short for “marine pollution”). Signed the 2 November 1973, it was considerably revised by the Protocol of the same [...]