A post-mortem of the creatures, found ashore near the town of Toenning in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, showed their stomachs were full of plastic.
This plastic included a 13-metre-long (43-foot-long) fisherman’s net and a 70-centimetre (28-inch) piece of plastic from a car.
The slice of land that has supported the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians through trapping fishing, and agriculture for 170 years is rapidly being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico.
Meet Gallon of Milk, one of the most beautiful whales on Earth. Named for her bright, milky hue, the incredibly rare albino grey whale was spotted by marine biologists off Mexico’s Pacific coast over the weekend, flanked by her… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: Neptune 911 will post, on occasion (when the source seems valid), various idea, inventions, or methods to remove plastic from our seas. Neptune 911 does not endorse these ideas, but brings them to your attention for your own… Read More ›
Posted on February 25, 2016 by Bob Berwyn, Summit County Voice Coral reefs around the world are getting hit by the double whammy of global warming and an intense El Niño this year. Record and near-record warmth spread across… Read More ›
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