oceans

Blue Planet’s creators ‘made millions from adverts for plastic bottles that clog up oceans’ 

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What Planet are they on? Blue Planet’s creators ‘made millions from adverts for plastic bottles that clog up oceans’ Alastair Fothergill made adverts for biggest bottled water manufacturer in China Nongfu Spring bottles are found polluting oceans and shores worldwide Decision came despite work on BBC’s Blue Planet and Netflix’s Our Planet By Tom Kelly … Read more

Plastic pollution in our oceans could spread fatal diseases into the food chain through seafood

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Plastic pollution in our oceans could spread fatal diseases into the food chain through farmed seafoods such as mussels and oysters, scientists warn. Microplastics – plastic particles less than 5 millimetres in diameter – can come from larger plastic products that have broken down, textile fibres, cigarette filters or even beauty products.  Microplastics that enter … Read more

A third of microplastic pollution in the oceans come from fibres shed by synthetic fabrics

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Clothing is more prone to shredding microscopic plastic fibres into our waterways if it has been manufactured using scissors, a new study reveals.   In experiments, scissor-cut textiles shed up to 31 times more micro-fibres than laser-cut textiles, Swiss researchers found.  When clothes are washed, or items are discarded as litter, tiny fibres are released and … Read more

Frank Ocean’s mom remembers her late son Ryan Breaux following his death

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Frank Ocean’s mother has remembered her late son Ryan Breaux following his death at age 18 from a car crash.   Katonya Breaux paid tribute to her son on Wednesday after Breaux died when the Tesla his friend was driving collided into a tree at a high speed early Sunday morning. Breaux shared a sweet photo … Read more

Kaia Gerber pays tribute to Frank Ocean’s brother Ryan Breaux and friend after fatal car crash

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Kaia Gerber pays tribute to Frank Ocean’s brother Ryan Breaux and friend Ezekial Bishop after fatal car crash: ‘My heart is so heavy’ By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 01:31 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 01:31 BST, 5 August 2020 Kaia Gerber is mourning the loss of Frank Ocean’s brother Ryan Breaux, 18, and his … Read more

Victoria Beckham shares childhood photo on World Oceans Day

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She recently revealed how her eponymous brand will strive for ‘more inclusion and representation’ in support of Black Lives Matter movement. But Victoria Beckham took a break from business as she shared an adorable throwback snap to Instagram on Monday.  The fashion designer, 46, uploaded the sepia image from her childhood which showed her stood on … Read more

How Boodles was bamboozled by a high-class gang in a £4million Ocean’s Eleven-style heist in London

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At society jeweller Boodles, diamonds are a girl’s best friend.   Or as its managing director Michael Wainwright once told a TV documentary: ‘A lot of girls like diamonds and some girls absolutely adore them and those are the girls we are after!’ One such girl arrived at the 200-year-old firm’s Bond Street headquarters at 11.09am … Read more

Ocean’s Eleven-style gang member who stole £4m gems from Mayfair jewellers jailed for four years

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A member of a crime gang who stole £4million worth of gems from a Mayfair jewellers in one of the biggest shoplifting thefts in British criminal history has been jailed for nearly four years. Mickael Jovanovic was part of a crack team of criminals who tricked staff at Boodles into handing over precious jewels by … Read more

Oceans are capturing twice as much carbon as previously thought

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A biological ‘pump’ that distributes carbon to the bottom of the ocean via tiny plankton is operating twice as rapidly as previously thought, a new study claims. US scientists say that the level of carbon that is distributed to the ocean floor depends on how much sunlight a microscopic type of plankton gets. This phytoplankton, … Read more

It’s not too late to save the Earth’s oceans by 2050, scientists say

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The world’s oceans and Earth’s marine life can be saved by 2050, scientists claim, but substantial rebuilding efforts will be required. An international team of researchers say humanity is at a point at which it must choose whether to leave future generations a resilient, vibrant ocean or an ‘irreversibly disrupted’ one. The team’s study lays … Read more