The icebreaker Polarstern departed from the Norwegian port of Tromsø on Friday the 20th of September for a new scientific mission around the North Pole. Around 600 experts will take turns on the ship, covering 2,500 kilometres in 390 days.
A study published during the summer estimates that an American citizen whose diet meets dietary recommendations ingests between 39,000 and 52,000 particles of microplastic each year.
93,000. This is the approximate number of ships in the world commercial fleet in 2017. Maritime trade has gradually emerged as the catalyst of the world’s economy. In 2015, nearly 80% of trade, in terms of volume, was transported by sea, accounting for more than 70% of trade value.
