Study to Examine Effects of Ship Waste
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A team of scientists is traveling a 600-mile stretch of the Inside Passage this month to study the effects of cruise ship waste and other contaminants in Southeast Alaska waters.
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Volunteers are being brought in to help clean beaches littered with debris from a grounded cargo ship off the Devon coast.
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Britain's old ships are being dismantled in "unacceptable" conditions in the developing world, an MPs' committee says.
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The Bush administration is making headway with other nations in setting new global standards to reduce dangerous emissions from giant diesel-burning ships that are polluting U.S. ports, a senior environmental official said Thursday. An emergency room physician described a "diesel death zone" around major U.S. seaports, with higher cancer rates and other health risks.
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Environment officials assess the damage after 300 gallons of heating oil leaks from a tanker in a coastal town.
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By Glanville, T D; Richard, T L; Harmon, J D; Reynolds, D L; Et al  Performance, composting methods, environmental impacts and biosecurity of the process are evaluated for emergency disposal of cattle by research team at Iowa State University.
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Dredging is useful for removing contaminated material from sediment, but can't eliminate the problem, a report says.
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The wreck of a World War II German submarine off Norway's coast should be covered with sand to contain its cargo of environmentally damaging mercury, a study said Tuesday.
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By Soliman, Mary A; Pedersen, Joel A; Park, Heesu; Castaneda-Jimenez, Angelica; Et al  ABSTRACT:  The primary objective of this study was to determine the presence of unregulated organic chemicals in reclaimed water using complementary targeted and broad spectrum approaches.
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Untreated sewage pouring into the world's seas and oceans is polluting their water and coastlines and endangering the health and welfare of the people and animals that inhabit them, according to a bleak new U.N. report released Wednesday on the threats to the world's marine environments.
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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By EASTON, Paul  NEW ZEALAND scientists have met at the University of Otago to explore the threat more acidic oceans might pose to the health of marine life.
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By Anonymous  Plymouth, England, UK  The September 2006 issue of Warmer Bulletin summarizes a research project examining in-vessel composting of food wastes at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.
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An effort to buy floating barriers to protect the nation's fleet from attacks several years ago led to millions of dollars in waste and may have involved criminal fraud by a government employee and contractor, officials of the Navy and the U.S. General Services Administration told a House...
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Shoppers will be able to tell how much damage their purchases do the environment under a new plan.
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More than 200 times each day, authorities detect radiation in containers arriving off cargo ships at Port Newark. It's in ceramic tiles, granite, pottery, kitty litter &#151; all natural products made from Earth's elements.
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Iraqi scientists will assess pollution ranging from oil spills to scrap metal from destroyed military vehicles in an effort to tackle environmental damage in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations said on Tuesday.