A new treaty will protect our ocean friends beyond national control

Humans and the oceans have been intertwined from the moment some wandering band of Cro-Magnons first chanced upon the seashore. Over the centuries, we first learned to navigate choppy waters in crude canoes and dugouts, then learned to harvest the…

To help protect ocean life, the UK plans to ban microbeads from all cosmetics by 2017

BY: AISHA ILYAD  “Beat the micro bead, beat the micro bead.” This is what campaigners against micro beads in cosmetics have been chanting for years. The little tiny beads may seem harmless, but they actually make washing your face, brushing…