When a fire broke out on the deck of the M/V XPress Pearl cargo ship on May 20, 2021, an estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, spilled into the ocean and along the Sri Lankan coastline. That spill of about 1,500 tons of nurdles, many of which were burnt by the fire, has threatened marine life and poses a complex clean-up challenge.
An international team of biologists has made the first-ever field observations of one of the least known species of whales in the world-Omura's whales-off the coast of Madagascar.
An international team of biologists has made the first-ever field observations of one of the least known species of whales in the world-Omura's whales-off the coast of Madagascar.
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