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Monday, 18 January 2016
Friday, 15 January 2016
Marine Mammals & Plastic Pollution
44 percent of all seabird species, 22 percent of cetaceans, all sea turtle species and a growing list of fish species have been documented with plastic in or around their bodies.
Info Source:
http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/07/22-facts-plastic-pollution-10-things-can-do-about-it/
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the North Pacific Gyre off the coast of California and is the largest ocean garbage site in the world.
This floating mass of plastic is twice the size of Texas, with plastic pieces out numbering sea life six to one.
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Plastic Pollution - Let's say 'NO' to plastic bags/packets
It is really heart breaking to
see how much of a mess and damage we have caused and are continuing to do to
our planet – Mother Earth.
‘Plastic Pollution’ is taking over and is our biggest
crime. But what can we do? We are so
deep into it that it seems impossible to climb out. We are surrounded by plastic: - keyboards,
cell phones, grocery bags, water and cool drink bottles, food containers,
shoes, hair accessories etc. We so deep
into it that we have even created plastic green grass/lawn and trees!!!
It seems like we are trying to convert nature – all that is
pure to plastic – all that is damaging and unhealthy. Are we not fooling ourselves…we are becoming
plastic – Non- biodegradable! We don’t
realise how much “plastic” has become part of our lives and how much we depend
on its use until you stop and take stock… shocking!!!
Sad to say my family and I have also been major contributors
as well, we are sooo deep into it ourselves I wondered how to begin to make
this change, then I realised…one step at a time…So my New Year’s Resolution for
this year was; ‘Say “No” to plastic
bags/packets’, for starters. Must say it has not been so easy getting the family to
remember to take the cloth bags with them when they went out shopping or to
even use them, but slowly I see they are getting the hang of it.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all just say, “No” to
plastic bags/packets, for now…Step One!
Anyway that was me having my say…please have a look at www.mother-nature-blog.com and share with your friends, if you likeJ.
Lots of love and please let’s say “No” to plastic bags/packets…
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Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Plastic Pollution
It is really heart breaking to see the damage and mess we have created and still are continuing to do to Our Planet...
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Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Global Warming
Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth's climate.
What causes global warming?
Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up.
The effects of Global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases.
- There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver.
- Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity.
Is the earth really getting hotter?
Yes.
- Although local temperatures fluctuate naturally, over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history.
- And experts think the trend is accelerating: the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990.
- Scientists say that unless we curb global warming emissions, average U.S. temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century.
- http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/f101.asp#1
What is greenhouse gas?
- (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect.
- The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
- Without greenhouse gases, the average temperature of Earth's surface would be about 15 °C (27 °F) colder than the present average of 14 °C (57 °F).[
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