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Yokosura (Japan), Dec 10 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Antonio Hermosín).- The deepest point on Earth, almost eleven kilometres below sea level in the Mariana Trench, is an inhospitable enclave and almost inaccessible to humanity... but not to garbage. Researchers at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have identified, photographed and recorded for three decades some of the human-generated waste that has ended up deep in the Pacific Ocean.FOOTAGE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (JAMSTEC), AND STATEMENTS BY THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR OF THE WORK, SANAE CHIBA.
Skaters glided gracefully across the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, taking in the breathtaking winter scenery while skating across huge sheets of ice dozens of feet thick. The frozen Siberian lake offers a perfectly clear view of the lake bottom as the frozen ice is as clear as glass in many places. Ice skating from one end to the other takes about 2 weeks! How would you like to skate on this lake of glass?
This creepy crawly insect is called a wax worm and, believe it or not, this little guy may just be the answer to global pollution. Footage provided courtesy of the Spanish National Research Council shows a brilliant new discovery made by researcher Federica Bertocchini. She discovered that wax worms are capable of eating through polyethylene plastic. The researcher demonstrated her discovery at a laboratory in Madrid on Wednesday. Although polyethylene is one of the world's most resistant forms of plastic, the worms can destroy the material by munching their way through it. According to the researcher, 100 worms can biodegrade up to 92 milligrams of polyethylene in just one night. That might not seem like much, but what if we multiply that by a thousand? Or even a million? The discovery is touted as the first all-natural solution to the disposal of the dangerous and wasteful material worldwide. Wax worms are now seen as the best way to biodegrade plastic without causing more harmful effects to nature. Polyethylene plastic, the material used to make plastic bags, is very durable. That's why we use it so often. The problem is that polyethylene is not biodegradable, which means that it stays in the environment for hundreds of years after being thrown away. It can cause all sorts of problems for wild animals and the natural environment in general. That's why this new discovery has the potential to help us clean up our act and restore areas like landfills and other areas polluted with plastic.
Panama City, Sep 18 (EFE).- Hundreds of Panamanians turned out on Saturday to clean local beaches with the aim of highlighting the serious environmental problem posed by pollution of the oceans and raising awareness of the importance of reducing the use and consumption of plastics. Some 250 volunteers - including adults, teenagers and children - removed almost three tons of waste, mostly plastic, cloth and wood, piling it up in garbage bags. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE IN A DAY OF BEACH CLEANING IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Bogor, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).-Indonesian activists gathered at the Ciliwung river to collect waste ahead of World Cleanup Day.World Cleanup Day will be observed globally on September 18, with litter cleanup and waste mapping activities. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO)SHOT LIST: ACTIVISTS CLEAN THE CILIWUNG RIVER IN KATULAMPA DAM, BOGOR, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA.
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