The findings underscore how marine plastic pollution is contaminating everyday food products, with microplastics detected in all sea salt samples tested.
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN-associated organisation that oversees deep-sea mining activities in international waters, held a council meeting from 13 to 24 July in Kingston, Jamaica.
Small island states are optimistic about the ocean but tired of richer nations’ hypocrisy over climate change, Angelique Pouponneau tells Dialogue Earth.
Raja Ampat continues to be vulnerable to nickel mining, with three companies pursuing mining rights on its largest island and state-owned PT Gag Nikel still operating, according to a new Greenpeace report.