Plastic in the sea: the consequences of littering for the environment and animals

22.09.2022

Millions of tons of plastic float in the sea and pollute our oceans. But how do these vast quantities of trash actually end up in the world's oceans? And what are the consequences of ocean littering for the environment and animals? more...

The earth now has five oceans instead of four

21.09.2022

The Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic Oceans - and what will the new ocean be called? For more than 100 years, geographers disagreed about the existence of a fifth ocean. more...

No ocean can swallow that anymore: Our oceans are sinking in plastic waste

About 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water. But today, hundreds of thousands of pieces of plastic waste float in every square kilometer of the oceans. Seabirds die in agony from cell phone parts in their stomachs, turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, and fish mistake tiny plastic particles for plankton. more...

Many tourists - much garbage

Phu Quoc is the largest island in Vietnam, located in the Gulf of Thailand. There is a great biodiversity on the island, therefore a national park and marine protected areas have been established there. The marine protected areas include seagrass beds in the northeast and a coral reef in the south of the island. The sea off Phu Quoc is also home to endangered sea turtles and the dugong, a species of manatee. more...

Plastic in the sea

The world's oceans are full of plastic waste - in the water, on the beach, on the seabed. It is estimated that there are already more than 150 million tons, and many more are added every year. This is an environmental catastrophe, but there are only a few countermeasures. more...