https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-river-trash-great-lakes/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:01:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=120911 Using trackers to follow the path of plastic bottles in rivers around the Greater Toronto Area, the students found hot spots for garbage before it enters Lake Ontario and Lake Erie Fatima Syed News freshwater Great Lakes Ontario plastic pollution Photo: Supplied by Ritvik Manicka and Suraj Subrahmanya A sign marking the Credit River in Ontario on a bridge https://thenarwhal.ca/microplastics-may-affect-how-arctic-sea-ice-forms-and-melts/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:04:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14171 A recent University of Manitoba study reveals distinct changes in sea ice albedo in response to medium and high concentrations of microplastics Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus Opinion arctic arctic sea ice Microplastics plastic pollution water Arctic sea ice microplastics https://thenarwhal.ca/the-demand-for-luxury-shellfish-is-polluting-the-ocean-with-plastic/ Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:06:32 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13434 The federal government has given the West Coast shellfish industry a green light to expand farming practices of the lucrative geoduck to meet demand from Hong Kong and the rest of China The Conversation Canada Opinion aquaculture Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO plastic pollution shellfish wildlife Geoduck Deep Bay Baynes Sound https://thenarwhal.ca/paper-plastic-or-nada-waste-free-grocery-store-aims-to-put-a-lid-on-ocean-plastic/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:17:47 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6362 Shop to your zero-waste heart’s content at Vancouver’s new packaging-free grocery store Jimmy Thomson In-Depth Oceans plastic pollution solutions world oceans day