The huge scale of the Costa Concordia disaster is apparent in this satellite image of the stricken cruise ship just off the Italian island of Giglio.

The oil boom that aims to protect the coast from fuel leaks from the ship’s giant tanks is visible trailing along Continue reading: Cruise ship wreck a threat to monk seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/01/19/cruise-ship-wreck-a-threat-to-monk-seals/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/19/medical-waste-spreads-down-leeward-coast/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/19/medical-waste-spreads-down-leeward-coast/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:07:39 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1426 Media Watch, Honolulu Star Advertiser, 18 January 2011

Medical waste and other trash continued to soil Leeward Coast beaches yesterday, washing ashore in spots farther down the shore from where the debris was initially found. [...]

Barbara Billand, a volunteer with the Hawaiian Monk Seal Response Team, said her group found a vial of Continue reading: Medical waste spreads down Leeward Coast]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/19/medical-waste-spreads-down-leeward-coast/feed/ 0 http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/06/08/ocean-trash-problem-far-from-being-solved-un-says/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/06/08/ocean-trash-problem-far-from-being-solved-un-says/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:51 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=282 Press Watch — CNN, June 8, 2009

The world’s oceans are full of trash, causing “tremendous” negative impacts on coastal life and ecology, according to a U.N. report released Monday.

The oceans will continue to fill up with junk discarded from cities and boats without urgent action to address this buildup of marine debris, Continue reading: Ocean trash problem ‘far from being solved,’ U.N. says]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2009/06/08/ocean-trash-problem-far-from-being-solved-un-says/feed/ 2