The Israeli navy has intercepted the Samoud flotilla, a humanitarian mission carrying aid intended for Gaza, according to organisers of the operation. The aid group said several boats in the flotilla were surrounded by Israeli speedboats while travelling in the Mediterranean Sea. Organisers claimed that activists and aid workers aboard the vessels were detained during […]
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WWF sounds alarm after 48lbs of plastic found in dead whale
An 8-meter (26-foot) sperm whale was found dead off Sardinia with 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of plastic in its belly, prompting the World Wildlife Foundation to sound an alarm Monday over the dangers of plastic waste in the Mediterranean Sea. The environmental group said the garbage recovered from the sperm whale’s stomach included a corrugated […]
Mediterranean could become a ‘sea of plastic’: WWF
MARSEILLE: The Mediterranean could become a “sea of plastic”, the WWF warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of the world’s worst affected bodies of water. The WWF said the Mediterranean had record levels of “micro-plastics,” the tiny pieces of plastic less than five millimetres (0.2 inches) in size […]