Land- based marine pollution in the Caribbean: incentives and prospects for an effective regional protocol. Marine Policy 20(2):99-121.Mary Schumacher,Porter Hoagland,Arthur Gaines.  Land-based marine pollution in the Caribbean Incentives and prospects for an effective regional protocol[J]. ...
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We examine the impact of pollution on biodiversity by studying the effect of coastal light pollution on the sea turtle population in the Caribbean. To this end we assemble a panel data set of sea turtle nesting activity and satellite-derived measures of nighttime light. Controlling for the survey...
The status of marine debris/litter and plastic pollution in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME): 1980–2020 Environmental Pollution Volume 300,1 May 2022, Page 118919 Purchase options CorporateFor R&D professionals working in corporate organizations. ...
in a place where a lot of other people wanted to be. Yet, when I entered the water 20 miles away exploring pristine Caribbean reefs, there was no plastic in sight. For a while I couldn’t understand why. Then I realized that the vast oceans dilute everything to the point of hiding ...
in the first meeting of the Contracting Parties, the development of a protocol on the control of marine pollution from land-based sources was recommended as a measure to protect the marine environment.A small group of experts from the Caribbean Region formulated a strategy for controlling land-...
Last year, we returned to the theme and looked at how the Juanacatlán Falls had been transformedfrom the “Niagara of Mexico” to the “Silent River”. Our concluding paragraph on that occasion bears repeating: Is it too much to hope that the government, corporations and society in the El...
The eight finalists from the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize announced this week, which accelerates the testing of real-world alternatives to thin-film plastic polybags used in shipping products like clothing and consumer electronics.
Microplastic pollution on Caribbean beaches in the Lesser AntillesBeach sedimentCaribbeanLesser AntillesMicroplasticsPlastic pollutionHere we investigate microplastics contamination on beaches of four islands of the Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius and St. Martin/Maarten). These ...
(2010) showed that the damage to Caribbean coral reefs peaked in the 1980s, but the damage from pollution, sediments, and rising sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) has kept coral reefs from recovering in the Caribbean region, whereas before the 1980s reefs covered about 40% (Fig. 3A). As ...