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A recent study paints a sobering picture about the state of our oceans.
According to the paper, published last month in Environmental Science and Technology, rivers deposit up to 4 million metric tonnes of plastic into the sea -- and about 95 per cent of that comes from just 10 waterways.
Previous studies suggested about 67 per cent of plastic in the oceans came from 20 rivers. For this study, researchers out of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Science used a larger data set to reach their findings, sampling from 79 sites along 57 rivers around the world.
Eight of the 10 rivers are in Asia. [...]
- Yangtze River, Yellow Sea, Asia
- Indus River, Arabian Sea, Asia
- Yellow River (Huang He), Yellow Sea, Asia
- Hai River, Yellow Sea, Asia
- Nile, Mediterranean Sea, Africa
- Meghna/Bramaputra/Ganges, Bay of Bengal, Asia
- Pearl River (Zhujiang), South China Sea, Asia
- Amur River (Heilong Jiang), Sea of Okhotsk, Asia
- Niger River, Gulf of Guinea, Africa
- Mekong River, South China Sea, Asia
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Saturday November 11 2017, @05:41PM (3 children)
And yet, environmental treaties always give China a pass.
You're a couple years out of date on that one.
The U.S. is now the only country not part of Paris climate agreement after Syria signs on [usatoday.com]
(Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Saturday November 11 2017, @06:00PM
But then again, you would never get the agreement of any developing world countries on these treaties, if they actually had to do anything. They have higher priorities such as reducing the poverty of their citizens which would be harmed by a credible climate mitigation treaty.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday November 11 2017, @09:15PM
That's #FakeNews. I wish it was true, it's not true. Unfortunately, we're still in the Paris accord, it's part of the mess that President Obama left for me. He got us into it, I'm going to get us a better deal, or get us out. The US will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, but begin negotiations to reenter either the Paris accord or a really entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States, its businesses, its workers, its people, its taxpayers. We're getting out, but we will start to negotiate, and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair. A deal that puts America First. If we can, that's great. And if we can't, that's fine. #MAGA 🇺🇸
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 12 2017, @12:41AM
AND THEY *STILL* get a pass in that one. Of course they signed up for it. They get a pass for it and other countries are shackled down by it. They would be fools NOT to sign it. The Chinese are fierce competitors. Do not think they did it because it was the right thing to do. The US was going to foot the bill for most of it. We are already well on our way for doing it by ourselves already. Until China takes it seriously no amount of treaties or shame will change them.
Do not let shame be your motivation for if something is good or bad for you. You need to do things for the right reasons. Just because all of your friends jumped off that bridge does not mean you should too. Or maybe your parents never taught you that lesson?