Tag: Oceans

Donald Trump has signed an executive order demanding a return to plastic straws, claiming their impact on marine life is limited and calling paper versions "ridiculous".

The media have been raising the alarm about 'boiling oceans' again, but fail to mention the inconvenient fact that total ocean heat has risen just 0.03% in 125 years.

More than 25,000 tonnes of PPE and other types of Covid-related plastic waste has entered Earth's oceans, a new study estimates – and 71% of this is due to wash up on beaches by the end of the year.