The film aims to combine the art of nature documentary with a campaigning quest that has been followed up by Hong Kong-based Australian film director Craig Leeson over the past year regarding the menace of plastic from Sardinia to Canada to the Indian Ocean.
Environment
Microscopic Plastic Debris Pollutes Marine Environment, Main Concern Entering Food Chain
Concentrations of microscopic plastic materials is polluting the marine environment and were greatest near coastal urban areas, the study has warned.
Environmentalists File Charges Against National Marine Fisheries Service
Environmentalists file a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) over their naval training exercises off the West Coast involving sonar that they say harms endangered marine animals in the Pacific Ocean including killer whales.
Ocean’s Acidity Increases In The Last 200 Years Than It Did In Previous 21,000 Years
As a result of human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels for energy and land-use changes such deforestation, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now higher that it has been at any time over the last 800,000 years .
White Nose Fungus Devastates Bat Population To Dangerous Level Of Extinction
Millions of bats are estimated to have died in 16 states in the U.S. and four provinces in Canada, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Africa’s Rainforests Are Better Off In Diversity Than Their Amazon’s Or Southeast Asia’s Counterparts
An international conference agreed that Africa’s rainforests’ surviving tree species had endured a number of climatic catastrophes over the past four centuries.
Harp Seals Population Declining At Alarming Rates Due To Global Warming
Researchers have discovered that the entire generations of newly born harp seal pups dying due to their disappearing habitat.
Climate Change & Deforestation Are The Main Culprits Of Northern Mindanao Disaster
In the Philippines, unlike Luzon and Visayas, Mindanao has never been known to be a perennial path for typhoons.
Climate Change Talks In Durban Unlikely To Achieve Progress Without The U.S. & China’s Cooperation
The United States is the second biggest polluter in the world after China.
Climate Change Threatens Cocoa Production In West Africa
The weather may not always be suitable to cocoa producers in West Africa but until recently it was at least expected to happen.