By Study Finds Key Findings: Glitter polluting oceans and rivers is blocking out sunlight underwater. Photosynthesis rates were significantly higher in cleaner bodies of water. The problem stems from metals like aluminum in glitter. SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It might be time to put down…
By Study Finds Festive glitter, a common ingredient in makeup, greeting cards, and holiday decorations, may have a darker side than its shiny surface suggests. Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have found that glitter can negatively impact aquatic organisms vital…
By Mong Palatino and Nevin Thompson Pacific island nations, neighboring countries in Asia, scientists, and others criticized an international organization’s endorsement of plans to dump tens of thousands of tons of contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. The plan…
By Kate Kheel In an on-going pillage of Earth and skies, the technology sector has now turned to the oceans. Passion for profit veiled by empty promises of a “green energy future” are the main drivers behind the new blue economy and the emergent Internet…
Written and researched for Safe Tech International by Sean Carney Are UN Sustainable Development Goals Green Capitalism’s Free Ride to Profits? Deep Sea Mining is a commercial enterprise currently in its infancy. It is the latest bonanza being sold on the back of the United…
By Julia Conley Despite outcry from local leaders and the Japanese public and warnings from environmental campaigners, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday gave its approval for a plan to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a move…
By Mong Palatino and Nevin Thompson People in coastal communities in Japan, joined by voices from around the world, denounced a new governmental plan to dump contaminated water from the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean. Local communities and other nations…
By Patricia Burke On December 17, Phys.org published a paper, “After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy,” from the University of Copenhagen. Teetering at the Tipping Point We can shift the balance of humanity’s environmental impacts from damaging to harmonizing, by…
By Patricia Burke with Kate Kheel At the Solstice, many groups and individuals were reflecting on the balance between darkness and night, observed by indigenous groups though-out millennia. The Ocean Mammal Institute and Stop 5G International hosted a gathering, identifying the need to address the…
By Patricia Burke, Carmen Miranda Banana, and Flo Freshman Carmen Miranda Banana is BACK! She was with us for April Fool’s Day, talking about Oturd Otard rule making. Now, she’s on a rant of run-on sentences about unscientific science and yelling “Liar Liar Pants On…
By Patricia Burke with Flo Freshman As Christmas approaches, nativity scenes depict the birth of a newborn child in a manger. Catholics worldwide are observing the Advent season, with candles, wreaths, and prayers. In truth, centuries earlier, before the Church took the calendar away from…
By Christine Albers reprinted by permission, adapted for length and clarity by Patricia Burke Whales and other ocean mammals need to be protected from the adverse effects of sonar, which can cause brain hemorrhage and death. Dr. Marsha Green, founder of Ocean Mammal Institute, has…
December 21 Solstice Event: An Ocean of Consciousness. Information and Registration here. “Our Healing Relationship with Nature” by Dr. Marsha Green Reprinted with permission, Ocean Mammal Institute “Certainly the rapid degradation of our environment is forcing us to look within ourselves to find the root…
By Patricia Burke Plans are accelerating to pursue an Internet of Underwater Things and the increased militarization of the oceans, including the use of sonar. As noted in yesterday’s article, EMF/RF/5G/Internet Of Underwater Things: Devastation To Whales Is Warning Us, although the story has received…
By Patricia Burke “Regulatory agencies should apply the Precautionary Principle when making decisions about acoustic activities to be conducted underwater.” In Part 1, we looked at the on-going colonization and exploitation of indigenous lands and peoples by the U.S., including military-occupied Guam. (While the U.S….
Op-Ed by Kate Kheel of Stop 5G International The technology revolution has now expanded to the ocean in the form of the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT), aka a Smart Ocean. Plans are underway for the ocean to become an integral part of a worldwide network of…
By Elias Marat Over 27,000 barrels of the toxic insecticide DDT have been found so far on the seafloor about 12 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, in what could be one of the greatest examples of industrial pollution uncovered in recent memory. The…
By Kat Kerlin Spanning six years and seven seagrass meadows along the California coast, a paper published today from the University of California, Davis, is the most extensive study yet of how seagrasses can buffer ocean acidification. The study, published today in the journal Global…
By Mayukh Saha The strait of Messina is the submarine bridge that separates Sicily from the peninsular region of Italy. It has recently been observed that the Messina Strait area has the world’s largest density of ocean floor littering. The density of marine litter in…
By Mayukh Saha Ocean Fresh is the brainchild of Bernardo Pedroso. This sustainability startup was founded in 2019, and its target is to reduce the plastic pollution in our oceans. The journey started with sustainable flip flops, and sustainable sneakers are the latest endeavor. How…
