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Microplastics reduce ocean’s ability to confront climate crisis

Published on: May 20, 2024
10:35

Washington, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Carbon in the ocean is captured as terrestrial plants take CO2 and store it in the soil; however, the microplastics present today at the bottom of the sea reduce the capacity of this process.

Cuba and the US are twinned by art and the sea (+Photos)

Published on: November 5, 2023
08:42

Havana, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) The National Aquarium of Cuba inaugurated a giant mural by US plastic artist Robert Wayland who, through art and the sea, has created ties of friendship between Cuba and the United States.

South Korea to increase radiation meters in the ocean

Published on: September 18, 2023
11:38

Seoul, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) South Korea will strengthen emergency radiation tests to ease public concern over the discharge into the ocean of contaminated water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, it was announced.

China questions Japan over its plan to dump water into the sea

Published on: August 17, 2023
13:26

Beijing, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) China on Thursday questioned the Japanese Government's capacity to supervise the dump of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, and urged Tokyo again to halt the plan.

Latin American countries adopt project against plastic pollution

Published on: August 16, 2023
15:29

Geneva, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Colombia, Jamaica and Panama launched a million project to jointly combat plastic pollution by integrating circularity in cities, a specialized United Nations source announced today.

Unprecedented increase in ocean plastic since 2005 – PLOS ONE

Published on: March 9, 2023
17:09

Washington, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) A global database of ocean plastic pollution between 1979 and 2019 revealed a rapid and unprecedented increase in ocean plastics since 2005, the journal PLOS ONE published today, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Marcus Eriksen from The 5 Gyres Institute, USA, and colleagues.

Cuba’s commitments to environment highlighted

Published on: June 30, 2022
08:40

Lisbon, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba considered in Lisbon on Thursday that the shared management of the oceans, as well as the reflection on its sustainability, should be one of the highest priorities in the governments' management.

Microplastics can carry parasites to ocean

Published on: April 26, 2022
17:39

Washington, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the Scientific Reports journal.

The Fifth Ocean

Published on: June 26, 2021
11:49

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic are the four oceans so far represented in any mapmaking, however, the National Geographic has officially decreed the existence of a fifth ocean. Called the Southern Ocean, it´s the body of water that surrounds Antarctica.

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