95% of plastic polluting the worldโs oceans comes from these 10 rivers:
Niger ๐ฌ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ช ๐ง๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฌ
Nile ๐จ๐ฉ ๐น๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ท๐ผ ๐บ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ช๐น ๐ช๐ท ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฌ
Indus ๐จ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ
Ganges ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฉ
Mekong ๐จ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐น๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ป๐ณ
Pearl ๐จ๐ณ
Yangtze ๐จ๐ณ
Yellow ๐จ๐ณ
Hai ๐จ๐ณ
Amur ๐ท๐บ ๐จ๐ณ
According to Schmidt - Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea (2017)
๐๐ชธ Since 1992, June 8 marks #WorldOceansDay, geared towards rallying the international community to protect and restore the waters of our planet that absorb some of the harmful #greenhouse gas emissions.
FRANCE 24's @sarahmorriseuro, @Ce_Schmitt and @armelleexposito report ๐
We received some news from local operators in Klang, Malaysia - on December 19th, Interceptor 002's six dumpsters were completely filled up in a record time of 2 hours and 27min. In total, this hero removed 107,000 kg ( 235,935 lbs) of trash in December.
Great news coming out of #Ecuador!๐โค
The marine reserve around the #GalapagosIslands will be expanded by 60,000 sq km, giving marine #wildlife near the islands more protection. The existing reserve is 133,000 sq km.
Read more about it belowย ๐
https://t.co/7V6EyvuSX7
This guy is doing something about a seriously underrated problem in the ocean: Ghost Nets #diving#scuba#bali give this guy a show @hulu@netflix@PrimeVideo
https://t.co/axfRMwf4v5
Tomorrow is Day 1 of #coralspawning! Our Science Team will be out in full force to capture this amazing natural phenomenon.
These photos show the growth of some corals CRFโข and @floridaaquarium raised all the way from egg to colony! They grow up so fast! #spawning#coralreef
Since yesterday, rescue efforts have been underway to free a small humpback #whale caught in a shark net off #Australia's coast.
Shark nets and drumlines do not protect beachgoers, all they provide is a false sense of safety while endangering marine wildlife. #NetsOutNow!
The Maldives to ban single-use plastics by 2023. On the island paradise of the Maldives, tourists and residents produce 636 million pounds of garbage every year. Itโs the first country to ban single-use plastic in an effort to end pollution there. https://t.co/YMF8v6TQvQ