Australian coasts Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/category/australian-coasts-en/ Eine weitere WordPress-Website Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:35:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-oeoo-logo-unterzeile-blau-1-32x32.jpg Australian coasts Archives - One Earth - One Ocean e. V. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/category/australian-coasts-en/ 32 32 Left to pick up the pieces https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/australia-en/2014/left-to-pick-up-the-pieces/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/australia-en/2014/left-to-pick-up-the-pieces/#respond Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:00:44 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/10/12/left-to-pick-up-the-pieces/ http://www.michaelbgreen.com.au/left-pick-up-pieces Left to pick up the pieces in Environment, The Age on 8 October 2014 Plastic pollution in our waterways is getting worse fast. More and more citizens are cleaning beaches, but can we stop litter at the source? NICKO Lunardi, from Newport, is wearing a black t-shirt with two skulls on it. He is 27 years old, an electrician, and a drummer in two punk bands. He?s also the leader of a small group of volunteer beach cleaners in Melbourne?s west. It?s Sunday morning and a dozen people have slipped through a gap in the fence to the Jawbone Reserve in Williamstown, the closest marine sanctuary to the CBD. Parks Victoria?s website describes it as an ?unspoilt place? and a ?haven for coastal and marine life?. It is full of trash. Lunardi picks up a fistful of sandy debris, shot through with countless plastic chunks, lumps and specks. ?What can we do with that?? he asks. In the next hour, the group fills 16 large bags with plastic waste: wrappers, bottles, straws, lighters, labels, lollipop sticks, thongs. Plus rope, parking meter tickets, innumerable unknowable broken bits, half a dozen syringes and a tyre. Lunardi had been in the habit of cleaning up litter by himself. ?I felt weird telling people I picked up rubbish,? he says. ?But then I realised: ?No, I think they?re weird not picking up rubbish?.?

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]]> http://www.michaelbgreen.com.au/left-pick-up-pieces Left to pick up the pieces in Environment, The Age on 8 October 2014 Plastic pollution in our waterways is getting worse fast. More and more citizens are cleaning beaches, but can we stop litter at the source? NICKO Lunardi, from Newport, is wearing a black t-shirt with two skulls on it. He is 27 years old, an electrician, and a drummer in two punk bands. He?s also the leader of a small group of volunteer beach cleaners in Melbourne?s west. It?s Sunday morning and a dozen people have slipped through a gap in the fence to the Jawbone Reserve in Williamstown, the closest marine sanctuary to the CBD. Parks Victoria?s website describes it as an ?unspoilt place? and a ?haven for coastal and marine life?. It is full of trash. Lunardi picks up a fistful of sandy debris, shot through with countless plastic chunks, lumps and specks. ?What can we do with that?? he asks. In the next hour, the group fills 16 large bags with plastic waste: wrappers, bottles, straws, lighters, labels, lollipop sticks, thongs. Plus rope, parking meter tickets, innumerable unknowable broken bits, half a dozen syringes and a tyre. Lunardi had been in the habit of cleaning up litter by himself. ?I felt weird telling people I picked up rubbish,? he says. ?But then I realised: ?No, I think they?re weird not picking up rubbish?.?

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/australia-en/2014/left-to-pick-up-the-pieces/feed/ 0 Plastic on the coasts is ours https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/plastic-on-the-coasts-is-ours/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/plastic-on-the-coasts-is-ours/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:12:45 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/09/25/plastic-on-the-coasts-is-ours/ http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Media/Plastic-on-the-coasts-is-ours.aspx Plastic on the coasts is ours The world's largest collection of marine debris information has identified Australia's coastal rubbish is mainly plastic from Australian sources. 15 September 2014 In a report released today, CSIRO scientist Denise Hardesty says her team surveyed sites approximately every 100 km along the Australian coastline. ?We found about three-quarters of the rubbish along the coast is plastic,? she says. ?Most is from Australian sources, not the high seas, with debris concentrated near cities.? She says the density of plastic in Australian waters ranges from a few thousand pieces of plastic per square kilometre to more than 40,000 pieces.

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]]> http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Media/Plastic-on-the-coasts-is-ours.aspx Plastic on the coasts is ours The world's largest collection of marine debris information has identified Australia's coastal rubbish is mainly plastic from Australian sources. 15 September 2014 In a report released today, CSIRO scientist Denise Hardesty says her team surveyed sites approximately every 100 km along the Australian coastline. ?We found about three-quarters of the rubbish along the coast is plastic,? she says. ?Most is from Australian sources, not the high seas, with debris concentrated near cities.? She says the density of plastic in Australian waters ranges from a few thousand pieces of plastic per square kilometre to more than 40,000 pieces.

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/plastic-on-the-coasts-is-ours/feed/ 0 The oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/australia-en/2014/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/australia-en/2014/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/#respond Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:47:14 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/09/18/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/ https://theconversation.com/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it-31460 14 September 2014 The oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it By Britta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO and Chris Wilcox, CSIRO The Australian government has a ?threat abatement plan? which aims to save marine animals from being harmed by rubbish. We set out to inform this plan by developing a better understanding of where exactly this rubbish comes from and how exactly it harms wildlife. We surveyed the entire Australian coast at 100 km intervals, with help from school groups and citizen scientists. We found that our shorelines are littered with debris. About three-quarters of it is plastic and, although there are some large items, 95% of the items are just a few centimetres across, or smaller. In Australian waters, you can expect to find anything from a few thousand to more than 40,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre. http://csironewsblog.com/2014/09/15/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/

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]]> https://theconversation.com/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it-31460 14 September 2014 The oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it By Britta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO and Chris Wilcox, CSIRO The Australian government has a ?threat abatement plan? which aims to save marine animals from being harmed by rubbish. We set out to inform this plan by developing a better understanding of where exactly this rubbish comes from and how exactly it harms wildlife. We surveyed the entire Australian coast at 100 km intervals, with help from school groups and citizen scientists. We found that our shorelines are littered with debris. About three-quarters of it is plastic and, although there are some large items, 95% of the items are just a few centimetres across, or smaller. In Australian waters, you can expect to find anything from a few thousand to more than 40,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre. http://csironewsblog.com/2014/09/15/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/australia-en/2014/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/feed/ 0 Creatures living on tiny ocean plastic may be cleaning our seas https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:50:31 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/07/09/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas/ http://theconversation.com/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas-27876 18 June 2014 Creatures living on tiny ocean plastic may be cleaning our seas By Julia Reisser, University of Western Australia; Charitha Pattiaratchi, University of Western Australia, and Jeremy Shaw, University of Western Australia We know that Australia?s waters contain lots of tiny pieces of plastic, and that these pieces can harm many marine species. But in new research published today we show that these microplastics are also home to marine life, some of which could be helping to clean up the oceans. In earlier research reported on The Conversation we found Australia?s waters contain around 4,000 plastic pieces per square kilometre. Since then we?ve been looking at the tiny lifeforms found on tiny plastic, in the first Australian study of its kind. Our results are published today in PLOS ONE and data repository Figshare.

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]]> http://theconversation.com/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas-27876 18 June 2014 Creatures living on tiny ocean plastic may be cleaning our seas By Julia Reisser, University of Western Australia; Charitha Pattiaratchi, University of Western Australia, and Jeremy Shaw, University of Western Australia We know that Australia?s waters contain lots of tiny pieces of plastic, and that these pieces can harm many marine species. But in new research published today we show that these microplastics are also home to marine life, some of which could be helping to clean up the oceans. In earlier research reported on The Conversation we found Australia?s waters contain around 4,000 plastic pieces per square kilometre. Since then we?ve been looking at the tiny lifeforms found on tiny plastic, in the first Australian study of its kind. Our results are published today in PLOS ONE and data repository Figshare.

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas/feed/ 0 A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates. https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/a-new-pelagic-habitat-for-microorganisms-and-invertebrates/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/a-new-pelagic-habitat-for-microorganisms-and-invertebrates/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:47:59 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/07/09/a-new-pelagic-habitat-for-microorganisms-and-invertebrates/ http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0100289 Reisser J, Shaw J, Hallegraeff G, Proietti M, Barnes DKA, et al. (2014) Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates. PLoS ONE 9(6): e100289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100289 Abstract Millimeter-sized plastics are abundant in most marine surface waters, and known to carry fouling organisms that potentially play key roles in the fate and ecological impacts of plastic pollution. In this study we used scanning electron microscopy to characterize biodiversity of organisms on the surface of 68 small floating plastics (length range = 1.7?24.3 mm, median = 3.2 mm) from Australia-wide coastal and oceanic, tropical to temperate sample collections. Diatoms were the most diverse group of plastic colonizers, represented by 14 genera. We also recorded ?epiplastic? coccolithophores (7 genera), bryozoans, barnacles (Lepas spp.), a dinoflagellate (Ceratium), an isopod (Asellota), a marine worm, marine insect eggs (Halobates sp.), as well as rounded, elongated, and spiral cells putatively identified as bacteria, cyanobacteria, and fungi. Furthermore, we observed a variety of plastic surface microtextures, including pits and grooves conforming to the shape of microorganisms, suggesting that biota may play an important role in plastic degradation. This study highlights how anthropogenic millimeter-sized polymers have created a new pelagic habitat for microorganisms and invertebrates. The ecological ramifications of this phenomenon for marine organism dispersal, ocean productivity, and biotransfer of plastic-associated pollutants, remains to be elucidated. http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0100289&representation=PDF

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]]> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0100289 Reisser J, Shaw J, Hallegraeff G, Proietti M, Barnes DKA, et al. (2014) Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates. PLoS ONE 9(6): e100289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100289 Abstract Millimeter-sized plastics are abundant in most marine surface waters, and known to carry fouling organisms that potentially play key roles in the fate and ecological impacts of plastic pollution. In this study we used scanning electron microscopy to characterize biodiversity of organisms on the surface of 68 small floating plastics (length range = 1.7?24.3 mm, median = 3.2 mm) from Australia-wide coastal and oceanic, tropical to temperate sample collections. Diatoms were the most diverse group of plastic colonizers, represented by 14 genera. We also recorded ?epiplastic? coccolithophores (7 genera), bryozoans, barnacles (Lepas spp.), a dinoflagellate (Ceratium), an isopod (Asellota), a marine worm, marine insect eggs (Halobates sp.), as well as rounded, elongated, and spiral cells putatively identified as bacteria, cyanobacteria, and fungi. Furthermore, we observed a variety of plastic surface microtextures, including pits and grooves conforming to the shape of microorganisms, suggesting that biota may play an important role in plastic degradation. This study highlights how anthropogenic millimeter-sized polymers have created a new pelagic habitat for microorganisms and invertebrates. The ecological ramifications of this phenomenon for marine organism dispersal, ocean productivity, and biotransfer of plastic-associated pollutants, remains to be elucidated. http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0100289&representation=PDF

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/a-new-pelagic-habitat-for-microorganisms-and-invertebrates/feed/ 0 Ghostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/599/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/599/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 10:47:55 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/05/09/599/ http://theconversation.com/ghostly-art-made-from-debris-that-menaces-marine-life-23992 6 March 2014, 4.27am GMT Ghostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life By Scott Mitchell, Australian Museum and Erik van Sebille With more than half a million people participating in last Sunday?s Clean Up Australia Day, it?s perhaps not surprising that some odd objects came to light. Not all the rubbish was on land, and not all the rubbish was what you might normally expect to find in the water. In New South Wales, divers in the Hastings River removed shopping trolleys, mobile phones and a scooter, while Tasmania?s Derwent River yielded bicycles, car batteries and even furniture. It?s a reminder that individual actions can have dramatic impacts underwater, especially when we normally have no way of seeing it. Nobody knows that better than the indigenous people who live on the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait, the parts of Australia most affected by drifting ghost nets. Lost or abandoned from fishing vessels, ghost nets can be up to 6 kilometres long and are known to kill more than 200 species of marine animals and birds. They also damage culturally and biologically significant reefs, and can be hazardous to the small boats typically used by indigenous people.

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]]> http://theconversation.com/ghostly-art-made-from-debris-that-menaces-marine-life-23992 6 March 2014, 4.27am GMT Ghostly art, made from debris that menaces marine life By Scott Mitchell, Australian Museum and Erik van Sebille With more than half a million people participating in last Sunday?s Clean Up Australia Day, it?s perhaps not surprising that some odd objects came to light. Not all the rubbish was on land, and not all the rubbish was what you might normally expect to find in the water. In New South Wales, divers in the Hastings River removed shopping trolleys, mobile phones and a scooter, while Tasmania?s Derwent River yielded bicycles, car batteries and even furniture. It?s a reminder that individual actions can have dramatic impacts underwater, especially when we normally have no way of seeing it. Nobody knows that better than the indigenous people who live on the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait, the parts of Australia most affected by drifting ghost nets. Lost or abandoned from fishing vessels, ghost nets can be up to 6 kilometres long and are known to kill more than 200 species of marine animals and birds. They also damage culturally and biologically significant reefs, and can be hazardous to the small boats typically used by indigenous people.

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/599/feed/ 0 Study finds more reason to review the use of BPA in Australia https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/study-finds-more-reason-to-review-the-use-of-bpa-in-australia/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/study-finds-more-reason-to-review-the-use-of-bpa-in-australia/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 10:40:57 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/05/09/study-finds-more-reason-to-review-the-use-of-bpa-in-australia/ http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2014/290414bisphenolA.php Study finds more reason to review the use of BPA in Australia 29 April 2014 A new study provides further evidence of the damaging effects of BPA, the controversial compound used in the manufacture of plastic food and drink containers that is banned in most parts of the world but allowed in Australia. Deakin University scientists are part of the international research team led by Professor Vincent Laudet at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (ENS de Lyon, CNRS, France) that has discovered a new pathway for bisphenol A (BPA) to spread through the body via a protein known as ERRy (estrogen-related receptor), which plays an important role in metabolism. The involvement of ERRy adds weight to the possibility that BPA could be a cause of obesity and diabetes. ?We know that there are links between BPA exposure and diabetes and obesity but we do not know how it works. With what we have discovered about this new receptor we may well have found the missing link,? said Dr Yann Gibert, a researcher with Deakin?s Metabolic Research Unit. ?Before now it was believed that BPA only affected estrogen receptors and therefore only had an impact on this hormone function. Now that we have found this new receptor we can expand the targets of further research to developmental effects and metabolism.? The results of this study, published in The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, add to the growing international evidence of the health risks associated with BPA, that include breast cancer, reproductive disorders, brain function and inner ear development. http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.13-240465

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]]> http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2014/290414bisphenolA.php Study finds more reason to review the use of BPA in Australia 29 April 2014 A new study provides further evidence of the damaging effects of BPA, the controversial compound used in the manufacture of plastic food and drink containers that is banned in most parts of the world but allowed in Australia. Deakin University scientists are part of the international research team led by Professor Vincent Laudet at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (ENS de Lyon, CNRS, France) that has discovered a new pathway for bisphenol A (BPA) to spread through the body via a protein known as ERRy (estrogen-related receptor), which plays an important role in metabolism. The involvement of ERRy adds weight to the possibility that BPA could be a cause of obesity and diabetes. ?We know that there are links between BPA exposure and diabetes and obesity but we do not know how it works. With what we have discovered about this new receptor we may well have found the missing link,? said Dr Yann Gibert, a researcher with Deakin?s Metabolic Research Unit. ?Before now it was believed that BPA only affected estrogen receptors and therefore only had an impact on this hormone function. Now that we have found this new receptor we can expand the targets of further research to developmental effects and metabolism.? The results of this study, published in The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, add to the growing international evidence of the health risks associated with BPA, that include breast cancer, reproductive disorders, brain function and inner ear development. http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.13-240465

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/research-en/2014/study-finds-more-reason-to-review-the-use-of-bpa-in-australia/feed/ 0 Mapping marine debris around Australia https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/mapping-marine-debris-around-australia/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/mapping-marine-debris-around-australia/#respond Wed, 07 May 2014 20:43:03 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/05/07/mapping-marine-debris-around-australia/ http://youtu.be/gBNRFooqxsM Mapping marine debris around Australia Published on 10 Apr 2014 Scientist Dr Denise Hardesty talks about the Earthwatch Marine Debris Research Program, a three year survey of marine debris in Australian waters, cofounded by Shell, that will inform waste management policies and practices to protect ecosystems and wildlife. Video transcript available here: http://www.csiro.au/news/transcripts/YouTubeTranscripts/2014/April/Marine_Debris.html More information on our website: http://www.csiro.au/marine-debris https://www.youtube.com/user/csiro

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]]> http://youtu.be/gBNRFooqxsM Mapping marine debris around Australia Published on 10 Apr 2014 Scientist Dr Denise Hardesty talks about the Earthwatch Marine Debris Research Program, a three year survey of marine debris in Australian waters, cofounded by Shell, that will inform waste management policies and practices to protect ecosystems and wildlife. Video transcript available here: http://www.csiro.au/news/transcripts/YouTubeTranscripts/2014/April/Marine_Debris.html More information on our website: http://www.csiro.au/marine-debris https://www.youtube.com/user/csiro

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/mapping-marine-debris-around-australia/feed/ 0 Remote marine debris clean-up LIVE now https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/remote-marine-debris-clean-up-live-now/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/remote-marine-debris-clean-up-live-now/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:47:03 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/04/26/remote-marine-debris-clean-up-live-now/ http://www.expeditionclass.com/news/?item=78 Posted Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 07:00 AM Remote marine debris clean-up LIVE now. The South West Marine Debris Clean-up is an annual event run by Matt Dell and a wonderful bunch of volunteers. For more than a decade now they have been the guardians of Tasmania's remote south west beaches as rubbish washes up beyond the gaze of civilisation. The Bookend Trust has supported the clean-up over many years now, including by producing the awards winning Plastic Shoreline documentary and blogging the journey since 2011. As our southern season turns colder and the days draw short, the crew are back out there right now. Each evening a report and photo is being sent through via satellite phone so that we can experience a little bit of the challenge. Read it now>> http://www.expeditionclass.com/live/

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]]> http://www.expeditionclass.com/news/?item=78 Posted Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 07:00 AM Remote marine debris clean-up LIVE now. The South West Marine Debris Clean-up is an annual event run by Matt Dell and a wonderful bunch of volunteers. For more than a decade now they have been the guardians of Tasmania's remote south west beaches as rubbish washes up beyond the gaze of civilisation. The Bookend Trust has supported the clean-up over many years now, including by producing the awards winning Plastic Shoreline documentary and blogging the journey since 2011. As our southern season turns colder and the days draw short, the crew are back out there right now. Each evening a report and photo is being sent through via satellite phone so that we can experience a little bit of the challenge. Read it now>> http://www.expeditionclass.com/live/

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]]> https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/remote-marine-debris-clean-up-live-now/feed/ 0 CSIRO study finds some of Australia’s remote beaches are most polluted https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/csiro-study-finds-some-of-australias-remote-beaches-are-most-polluted/ https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/nonresearch-en/2014/csiro-study-finds-some-of-australias-remote-beaches-are-most-polluted/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:31:47 +0000 https://oneearth-oneocean.com/2014/04/26/csiro-study-finds-some-of-australias-remote-beaches-are-most-polluted/ 11 Abr 2014 CSIRO study finds some of Australia's remote beaches are most polluted By environment reporter Jake Sturmer A new study of Australia's dirtiest and cleanest beaches has revealed some surprising results. CSIRO researchers have spent two years surveying Australia's entire coastline, counting rubbish on sections of sand and sea every 100 kilometres. The survey of more than 175 beaches found the dirtiest beach in Australia was Border Village on the coast between Western Australia and South Australia. This was typical of the study that found remote and hard to reach beaches were among Australia's most grotty. Lead researcher Dr Denise Hardesty says the rubbish did not float in from polluted oceans abroad. By using ocean current data and examining the items, researchers could tell much of the mess fell from the hands of ordinary Australians. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-11/dirty-aussie-beaches-animal-death-traps/5382872 11 Abr 2014 Dirty Aussie beaches animal death-traps You might think Australia's beaches are clean, pristine and rubbish free, but a new study by the CSIRO has found that's not the case. Researchers have spent the past two years surveying the entire coastline and estimate that more than 100 million pieces of rubbish are on our shores, killing thousands of birds. Jake Sturmer Source: AM | Duration: 3min 13sec

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]]> 11 Abr 2014 CSIRO study finds some of Australia's remote beaches are most polluted By environment reporter Jake Sturmer A new study of Australia's dirtiest and cleanest beaches has revealed some surprising results. CSIRO researchers have spent two years surveying Australia's entire coastline, counting rubbish on sections of sand and sea every 100 kilometres. The survey of more than 175 beaches found the dirtiest beach in Australia was Border Village on the coast between Western Australia and South Australia. This was typical of the study that found remote and hard to reach beaches were among Australia's most grotty. Lead researcher Dr Denise Hardesty says the rubbish did not float in from polluted oceans abroad. By using ocean current data and examining the items, researchers could tell much of the mess fell from the hands of ordinary Australians. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-11/dirty-aussie-beaches-animal-death-traps/5382872 11 Abr 2014 Dirty Aussie beaches animal death-traps You might think Australia's beaches are clean, pristine and rubbish free, but a new study by the CSIRO has found that's not the case. Researchers have spent the past two years surveying the entire coastline and estimate that more than 100 million pieces of rubbish are on our shores, killing thousands of birds. Jake Sturmer Source: AM | Duration: 3min 13sec

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