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Thousands of kilometres from any continent lies Inaccessible Island, small and isolated in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Yet, it is full of plastic and a growing proportion of it seems to come not from land, but rather from ships dumping their litter at sea in contravention of international law. That is according to new research led by the University of Cape Town (UCT), which casts doubt on the widely held assumption that most marine plastic now comes from land-based sources. Afrique "Afrique australe" "Afrique du Sud" Cap-Occidental "Le Cap" "Université du Cap" pollution déchet plastique Atlantique "océan Atlantique" "Atlantique sud" bateau navire droit loi législation réglementation "droit international" recherche UCT courant

Polar shipping: maritime chiefs work on mandatory code to ensure safety.

Calls For Fishing Vessels To Be Included In The Polar Code.

Calls For Fishing Vessels To Be Included In The Polar Code.

Introduction: The Scotia Sea and Antarctic Peninsula are warming rapidly and changes in species distribution are expected. In predicting habitat shifts and considering appropriate management strategies for marine predators, a community-level understanding of how these predators are distributed is desirable. Acquiring such data, particularly in remote areas, is often problematic given the cost associated with the operation of research vessels. Here we use cruise vessels as sampling platforms to explore seabird distribution relative to habitat characteristics.

Russian boat stricken in Antarctic has second hole.

Second air drop for stricken Russian fishing ship.

Patched-up Russian vessel sails from Antarctic.

Icebreaker reaches stricken Russian fishing vessel.

Vast Antarctic iceberg 'could threaten shipping'.

Piracy could spread to Mozambique.

World's Largest Iceberg Continues to Break Apart.

Dutch prosecutors to try 5 alleged Somali pirates.

Search ends for fishermen missing off Antarctica.

SKorea boat sinks in Antarctic sea; 22 feared dead.

S.Africa deploys warship to fight piracy: report.

Indian navy captures 61 pirates in Arabian Sea.

Canadian sailor rescued off Australian coast.

Tony ABBOTT urged to raise whaling concerns with Shinzo ABE.

Crew eaten by orcas? That's a hoax, and the net fell for it.

'Berserk' captain loses appeal. Norway's Jarle ANDHØY ordered to pay 45,000 kroner or serve 50 days in jail for illegal Antarctica entry in 2012.