Environmental News Articles and Issues:
26 August 2019
Good News!
A huge raft of pumice stone spotted floating towards Australia.
https://newatlas.com/environment/gigantic-pumice-raft-drifting-towards-australia/
Sharks and rays to be given new international protections.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49466717
CITES votes to ban trade in endangered otters.
https://www.france24.com/en/20190825-cites-votes-to-ban-trade-in-endangered-otters
French mayors ban glyphosate weedkiller, defying government.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-agriculture-glyphosate/french-mayors-ban-glyphosate-weedkiller-defying-government-idUSKCN1VC2C1?utm_source=reddit.com
FUTURISM: Projects in the pipeline.
Building icebergs to counter melting ice sheets.
https://in.mashable.com/science/6078/designers-want-to-build-iceberg-making-submarines-to-counter-melting-ice-sheets
How fish skins and algae could help solve the plastic pollution crisis.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/id/48861