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News & Articles By Tracey Watson
02/17/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Seafood lovers are eating 11,000 plastic fragments each year
Plastic waste has been accumulating in the oceans since as far back as the 1920s; just a few years after Leo Baekeland accidentally invented the first type of plastic called bakelite, back in 1907. The use of plastic exploded in the 1950s, and scientists began documenting the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans as […]
02/15/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Surprising discovery made by archaeologists, as 12th Dead Sea Scroll cave uncovered
Somewhere late in 1946 or early 1947, three Bedouin shepherds, Muhammed edh-Dhib, Jum’a Muhammed and Khalil Musa, accidentally made one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. While searching for a lost goat, they discovered seven scrolls in jars in a cave at Khirbet Qumran, about 1.2 miles inland from the northwestern shore of […]
02/15/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Collapse: Deadly virus kills 2,500 endangered antelope in mass die-off
Millions of Saiga antelope, or Saiga tatarica, once took part in one of the world’s most spectacular migration displays when they headed south to their winter home each year. However, a combination of factors involving human greed and natural disaster have left the Saiga population decimated, and it is now considered to be critically endangered, […]
02/14/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Fukushima radiation so high a robot would be destroyed in two hours
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, first commissioned in 1971, was one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world, until it sustained massive damage when Japan was hit first by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and then a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2011. Close to 16,000 people died in the disaster, with […]
02/11/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Thousands of dead bees wash up on Florida beach
A strange new phenomenon has been taking place on the beaches of Naples, Florida, where since February 7, beach goers have been astounded to find thousands of dead or dying bees along the shoreline. A bee expert told NBC affiliate, WBBH-TV, that it is incredibly unusual to have bees washing up on the beach. He offered […]
02/10/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Microplastics now being found in ocean fish sold at the supermarket … Are you filling your gut with plastic?
The next time you order fish at your favorite restaurant, or bring some delicious seafood home from the market for dinner, you might just be getting more than you were bargaining for. A report published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), has revealed that microplastics – […]
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