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Miss Gayle

"We’ll cover how microplastics have littered marine ecosystems and are impacting the health of wildlife, with potential human health consequences as well. We’ll also cover what we can do—individually and collectively—to address this insidious environmental challenge."

Registration: resilience.org/stories/2025-05

How Microplastics are Impacting our Oceans and Our Health June 24, 2025 10:00 AM PT 1:00 PM ET 5:00 PM UTC "We are offering this event for free but if you would also like to have access to the recording after the event, please consider making a donation when you register." Image: “Gyre” by Chris Jordan, depicts 2.5 million pieces of plastic collected from the Pacific Ocean. Microplastic pollution is an issue that’s easy to overlook, but it’s deceptively threatening to both ocean and human health. Microscopic plastic particles are now found in nearly everything on the planet—from the deepest parts of the ocean to inside the cells of living beings. Join us for a free, live, online event, Troubled Waters: How Microplastics are Impacting our Oceans and Our Health. Britta Baechler (Ocean Conservancy), Christy Leavitt (Oceana), and Emily Penn (oceans advocate), will discuss why marine ecosystems have been littered with microplastics, how it's impacting our health, and what we can do about it.
#Pollution#Plastic#Ocean
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Cindy

'Little Patch', a grey whale feeding in Burrard Inlet of Vancouver, BC captivates locals. He's about 35 years old and cruising the shorelines over the past month.

His nickname comes from a distinctive white patch on the side of body.

"Little Patch is part of a group of about a dozen grey whales known as "sounders" that break off from the typical migration route to feed in the waters of Washington's Puget Sound."

#marinelife #wildlife

Video clip by the Canadian Press
youtu.be/gXyEVxFOQgw?si=KMvUe_

YouTubeGrey whale Little Patch mesmerizes Metro VancouverBy The Canadian Press
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Voting is Your POWER

The Our Ocean Conference has generated 2,618 commitments to ocean action since 2014, with 81% either completed or in progress

In that time, $133 billion has been mobilised for ocean protection, including $23.8 billion in completed projects.

At this year's just-finished conference, the EU pledged €301 million, including €40 million to support marine protected areas and help partner countries ratify the High Seas Treaty.

These aren't just paper commitments. Some of the completed projects include Chile's establishment of a 720,000 km² marine protected area around Rapa Nui (a.k.a. Easter Island) and Palau's creation of the world's largest no-take zone, the 475,000 km² Palau National Marine Sanctuary.

#climate #environment #marinelife #ocean #biodiversity #Nature #eu #europeanunion #news

oceanographicmagazine.com/news

Oceanographic · Europe pledges over €300m to ocean action and blue economy - OceanographicThe European Union has pledged some €300 million to kick-start blue economy across African and Pacific nations and power-up ocean action
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