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Cleaning up our Environment

Dec 14, 2020

by Claudia Afeltra

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beach clean, beach-clean up, environment, Marine Conservation, Marine litter, Marine pollution, pollution, public awareness, Sea Watch, Sea Watch Foundation, take care about seas, team work, two minute beach clean, volunteering, volunteers

Litter is a huge concern for marine wildlife, including cetaceans. According to UNESCO, one million birds and over 100,000 marine mammals die as result of marine litter each year, with plastic being one of the main culprits. Unfortunately, over 220 million tons of plastic are produced

Buoy, that’s a long way!

Jul 12, 2017

by Harriet Goodchild

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Gulf stream, Marine litter, ocean gyres

In December 2015 storms Desmond, Eva and Frank battered the Pembrokeshire coast, reshaping many of its beaches and damaging extensive stretches of the coast path. However, the aesthetic alterations were not the most interesting product of the storms, thanks to the arrival of a mysteri

Go Plastic Free

Jun 22, 2017

by Harriet Goodchild

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Marine litter, plastic alternatives, plastic free

Last year a new estimate hit the news stands that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than actual fish. We know there is plastic in the ocean, but how does it get there? Whilst some individuals directly throw trash onto the beach, others might be unaware that the litter t

What a tangle!

May 18, 2017

by Harriet Goodchild

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cetaceans, Entanglement, Grey Seals, Marine litter

Plastic debris is one of the biggest pollution problems that the marine environment faces today. As well as ingestion of plastics, entanglement poses one of the biggest threats to marine mammals. A comprehensive list by scientists found that a third of all marine mammals are affected

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