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“Ghost” Fishing Gear Clogging World’s Oceans is Having Catastrophic Effect, Report Says
We have sailed across the Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans twice and on the long offshore passages we have seen lots of lost or abandoned fishing gear. We ...
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Sailing to the Pacific Ocean’s Trash Vortex
In his new book, Junk Raft, Marcus Eriksen discovers a sea filled with tiny particles of harmful plastic. In the summer of 1997, sea captain and surfer Charles ...
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Youth Regatta Achieves Platinum Level Clean Regattas Certification
Sailors for the Sea announced today that the Secor Volvo Fishers Island Sound Race is the first youth regatta in the world to achieve Platinum Level Clean Regatta ...
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Make Sure your Sunscreen is Reef Friendly
A love of tropical watersports combined with the risk of sunburn and skin cancer translates into an estimated 6,000 to 14,000 tons of sunscreen lotion released onto coral reefs ...
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If You Drop Plastic in the Ocean, Where Does it End up?
Modeling shows that ocean currents can concentrate slow-degrading debris in certain parts of the world’s oceans, leading to so-called ‘garbage patches’. It is estimated that between four and 12m metric ...
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5 Things Sailors Can Do to Make for a Healthier Environment
Everyone needs to think about the world we live in as something we should collectively protect and keep clean – a sailor’s task is to keep a particular ...
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Round-the-World Boat Race Doubles as Pulpit For Environmental Causes
The American sailors CharlieEnright and Mark Towill have already completed one lap around the world by leading a team to the finish of the last Volvo Ocean Race ...
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Newport Biodiesel Provides Fuel for Oliver Hazard Perry’s Trip South
A one-of-a-kind ship with a special mission is now fueled with 20 percent biodiesel as it begins a voyage from New England to Florida, then on to Cuba ...
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How Rising Ocean Acidity Could Send Us Into A Downward Spiral
Ocean acidification, a result of excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, can disrupt plankton blooms, according to new research published in Nature Geosciences. It’s a troubling finding, scientists ...
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Polar Sea Ice the Size of India Vanishes in Record Heat
Sea ice off Antarctica and in the Arctic is at record lows for this time of year after declining by twice the size of Alaska in a sign ...
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