Jacob Evans
Appearances
Global News Podcast
UN Secretary-General warns US against 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
From the moment a sea turtle hatches on the beach and makes the frantic journey to the ocean, to its first return to coastal waters when it's nearly grown, scientists don't really know what happens. In fact, they call this period the Lost Years because there simply isn't enough data.
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UN Secretary-General warns US against 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
But for over a decade, a team from the University of Central Florida have been tracking more than 100 young turtles, as well as comparing their journeys with that of flotation devices. They've found that infant turtles independently swim and navigate the vast oceans, dispelling the long-held theory that they simply float with the current.
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UN Secretary-General warns US against 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
It's hoped understanding how these young turtles behave and where they go will boost conservation efforts.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Every second, thousands of invisible pieces of plastic flow through the River Rhone in Valence, France. And in the Seine in Paris, which swimmers braved for the 2024 Olympics, there's 900 microplastics flowing per second. That's according to new research looking at nine of Europe's major rivers, from the Thames in England to the Tiber in Italy.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Alexandra Taal from the French National Centre for Scientific Research said they were surprised at the amount of pollution they found.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
The studies, published in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research, found an average of three microplastics per cubic metre of water in the European rivers. But it's still much worse in the world's ten most polluted rivers, which are all in Africa and Asia, where there's 40 per cubic metre. The particles include residue from car tyres, bottle caps and synthetic textile fibres.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
And a quarter comes from plastic that hasn't even reached production, in the form of tiny pellets the size of a lentil. Researchers say all parts of the food chain are disrupted by these particles, as they're ingested by animals and organisms. Here's scientific director Jean-Francois Gallioni.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Climate campaigners have urged governments to take action, but attempts to agree on an international treaty have stalled. Scientists say that levels of plastic pollution will continue to rise if nothing is done.
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Millions hit by huge winter storm in US
In the 1960s, Kostas Simitis became a resistance fighter against Greek military rule, but fled abroad to avoid arrest. On his return to Athens several years later, he co-founded the socialist PASOK party. He eventually became its leader in 1996 and won that year's general election.
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Millions hit by huge winter storm in US
Kostas Simitis served as Greece's prime minister for eight years, a tenure marked by the country's adoption of the euro following years of economic revival under his leadership. But critics argue he didn't do enough to tackle corruption. Four days of national mourning have been announced, and there'll be a state funeral on Thursday.