LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T20:38:54Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:06986895-A3DF-4CBF-B0C9-1626EEBBA1B5Minister Alarmed by Plastic Pollution on Eldey Island2023-12-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Eldey Island</h3><p>December 13, 2023</p><p>The expedition revealed that gannets have easy access to plastic, as their nests are mostly made from plastic debris. Hundreds of dead gannets were also observed by the experts, with it being estimated that three factors played a role in their deaths: natural attrition, bird flu, and plastic pollution.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F254617E-0594-438D-80CA-30E0900AE87D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/06986895-A3DF-4CBF-B0C9-1626EEBBA1B5'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.7408888888889 -22.9575555555556uuid:82FDC613-0EC5-47EA-AD3B-727F3A190506Thousands of Cigarette Stubs Wash Up on East Iceland Beach2023-08-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Eskifjörður, East, Iceland</h3><p>August 17, 2023</p><p>A resident of Eskifjörður, East Iceland was shocked to see thousands of cigarette stubs washed up on the shore of the fjord yesterday.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/48F3E6AE-4A54-4C0B-8D5F-8380231782DF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/82FDC613-0EC5-47EA-AD3B-727F3A190506'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.07306 -14.01525uuid:B8807B60-0C9B-419B-908E-A62EAC7A56B5Black bear in tree for 24 hours2023-08-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 3, 2023</p><p></p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/5DEE4A2A-46D1-4F91-B0C1-4FDDE2A6B952'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B8807B60-0C9B-419B-908E-A62EAC7A56B5'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:2C21CF2A-E1A4-4A65-BD83-5C72DF9AB641Floating Helmet2023-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Tatitlek, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 19, 2023</p><p>"My son found this helmet floating here in Prince William Sound."</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/78590110-F895-4039-ADC6-B92F77750542'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2C21CF2A-E1A4-4A65-BD83-5C72DF9AB641'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.865582225545 -146.679382972884uuid:D177C603-E0EF-42C1-A34E-731566841DCEGarbage piles up in Paris, mice and rats spread2023-03-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Paris, France</h3><p>March 15, 2023</p><p>In Paris, the sidewalks are now filled with huge rubbish rocks. The garbage workers are striking and do not intend to back down. Rats and mice, for their part, seem to have happy days.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F1D10404-8937-47AA-A7D8-A271E42C7966'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D177C603-E0EF-42C1-A34E-731566841DCE'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.8534951 2.3483915uuid:EBFDA356-BD03-48DA-93F2-0D3008A2258CU.S. downs another aerial 'object' over Lake Huron as search continues for wreckage in Yukon 2023-02-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yukon, Canada</h3><p>February 12, 2023</p><p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the search for an object downed over the Yukon yesterday is ongoing, while several U.S. representatives say that country's military has destroyed another object over Lake Huron.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4FC6FDC6-3864-4B19-B7FB-0E3ED2109490'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EBFDA356-BD03-48DA-93F2-0D3008A2258C'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.6372140296889 -134.099418184247uuid:6CC3192D-2A9A-4954-B86D-D703B5E8F0D7After China balloon scare, Air Force shoots down object flying above Alaska’s North Slope2023-02-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 10, 2023</p><p>Object shot down by US Air Force, ordered by Biden, over North slope of Alaska. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/8005C257-FFB2-4D10-9094-E7E7B87E6BF9'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/6CC3192D-2A9A-4954-B86D-D703B5E8F0D7'>Read more...</a></p></div>71.29058 -156.78872uuid:3FA8C978-C3BB-4387-9032-FB6D045C8AF5Cleanup continues at Kodiak spaceport after January rocket crash2023-02-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kodiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 9, 2023</p><p>ABL Space Systems is still investigating the crash, but says the rocket rose more than 700 feet before its engines shut down 11 seconds after launch.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/EC7B663E-ABF3-425B-BDA9-C28C84158D76'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3FA8C978-C3BB-4387-9032-FB6D045C8AF5'>Read more...</a></p></div>57.79 -152.40722uuid:13025353-0714-4B5D-9AF6-E3ACA0E7B92BWhale washed ashore in Kauai dies with fishing nets and plastic bags in stomach2023-02-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Hanamā‘ulu, Hawaii, United States</h3><p>February 3, 2023</p><p>A whale that washed ashore in the island of Kauai over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up in oceans every year.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/3A978377-FFA1-48CE-BEA4-F29A5E9EBB8E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/13025353-0714-4B5D-9AF6-E3ACA0E7B92B'>Read more...</a></p></div>21.99773 -159.35918uuid:3422DF5B-5789-4EC6-AC27-8BE8CD4D0F87September storm leaves behind treasured beach finds 2022-10-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chevak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 7, 2022</p><p>The remnants of Typhoon Merbok not only battered Alaska’s west coast in September, the storm also left behind a few treasures in its wake.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4BF6017D-FA90-41FF-811B-A8CFB70DDAC3'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3422DF5B-5789-4EC6-AC27-8BE8CD4D0F87'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.52778 -165.58639uuid:1D6CB56E-DE3C-4A0F-B5D4-DE71679B348ACan we convince tourists to go hiking without leaving any traces?2022-09-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Å, Nordland, Norway</h3><p>September 6, 2022</p><p>A growing number of people are visiting Norway’s protected areas. This poses new challenges for national park management. Excrement and rubbish left behind by thousands of tourists degrades Lofotodden National Park’s idyllic nature. What can be done about this problem?</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/080270A4-BF85-433B-A621-6772C677312B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1D6CB56E-DE3C-4A0F-B5D4-DE71679B348A'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.8333333333333 12.85uuid:40FBCD37-F381-4C0E-9A33-5F9959659265A polar bear in Russia is rescued after getting its tongue stuck in a milk can 2022-07-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Dikson, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia</h3><p>July 22, 2022</p><p>In a report this week, a team of Canadian and U.S. scientists warned that hungry polar bears are increasingly turning to garbage dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears due to climate change.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D057162E-5AF6-4185-8509-4639838CC2F2'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/40FBCD37-F381-4C0E-9A33-5F9959659265'>Read more...</a></p></div>73.50819 80.52918uuid:D97C7CBE-1F56-4C8E-88FA-44F3AAF2F68CRiver erosion threatening old dump site2022-06-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Noatak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 16, 2022</p><p>Community gravel source and old dump site threated by erosion. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/8A617749-A3BB-4050-9EAC-0ACE1D150C56'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D97C7CBE-1F56-4C8E-88FA-44F3AAF2F68C'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.57111 -162.96528uuid:16AD1AE6-4D1E-4065-B355-727BB9931B83Bank erosion exposing old landfill contents2022-05-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Noatak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 11, 2022</p><p>A fisherman was coming home from fishing last night and noticed (what he thought was) a coffin sticking out of the old gravesite above one of the markers I used to measure erosion with last summer. It turned out to not be a coffin, but rather an old air duct or metal meat trailer.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/AABAB967-5B35-4E54-92F8-4DD7BCEA72B5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/16AD1AE6-4D1E-4065-B355-727BB9931B83'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.57111 -162.96528uuid:83A8B4CF-D3AA-4DF9-8BF9-D6658BC64707Unusual container found on Bering Sea beach2022-03-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nelson Lagoon, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 30, 2022</p><p>This container was found on the beach near Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. No letters or numbers, symbols or any other noticeable identifications. It turns out it is a special type of long term bait container used for crab fisheries. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DD8BBD8A-01E3-4B0F-9207-1E6127F99CA0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/83A8B4CF-D3AA-4DF9-8BF9-D6658BC64707'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.00062 -161.20697uuid:6F2C67CF-8C5D-45CE-8125-C9C5FEA8B60219th fire in three years at the Ghazipur landfill site 2022-03-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>March 29, 2022</p><p>Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill site set ablaze due to the release of methane gas, as there many dry leaves on the site at that time and also as the temperature in the city is very high, the leaves caught fire from the gas and set the entire landfill site ablaze. The entire area was covered with smoke. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/860BA516-518D-4BB7-861F-EFA82024475B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/6F2C67CF-8C5D-45CE-8125-C9C5FEA8B602'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:ABD5F5F6-4727-4ADB-B682-B4FBB8D2CCA0Red Book’s Steller Sea lion rescued from a plastic death trap in Russian Far East2022-01-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nevel’sk, Sakhalin, Russia</h3><p>January 31, 2022</p><p>The endangered mammal got tied up to the Nevelsk breakwater from debris and rope that it got caught in. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/8567CBA1-FAC5-46FF-B77B-DD0EFB53A31A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/ABD5F5F6-4727-4ADB-B682-B4FBB8D2CCA0'>Read more...</a></p></div>46.67902 141.85629uuid:BFDA72BC-48C2-48EF-A4F5-5DA057005460Ships traveling into a warming Arctic are leaving garbage in their wake, scientists warn 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 14, 2021</p><p>Following another year of stark climate impacts in the Arctic, scientists warned Tuesday of a new scourge hitting the region: marine trash. With the region warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, sea ice that has long blanketed the Arctic Ocean is disappearing, opening new routes to shipping. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/29308092-17D2-4B88-846B-AAE6C5AC75CC'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BFDA72BC-48C2-48EF-A4F5-5DA057005460'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.50111 -165.40639uuid:33CFC03A-FECD-408D-9ED8-95DDE2BC3148Only two flamingos sighted on Sidi Boughaba Lake2021-09-28T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kenitra, Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen, Morocco</h3><p>September 28, 2021</p><p>On a hiking trip, observer sees a lone pair of Flamingos at Sidi Boughaba Lake National Park. This was not expected from a sociable bird species that travel in large flocks.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2BD0BCCC-38B9-48C6-8530-8271B4098010'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/33CFC03A-FECD-408D-9ED8-95DDE2BC3148'>Read more...</a></p></div>34.2437011578807 -6.67264938354492uuid:CB426708-3491-4CF5-88EC-E5EB39E74DE9Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive track of southern right whale stranded in Argentina2020-10-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T20:38:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, Argentina</h3><p>October 23, 2020</p><p>Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive tract of a southern right whale stranded in Argentina, according to a study from the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program, co-led by the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; and Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas in Argentina.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/06BB4734-4B73-4DDD-A5F9-6013FB757778'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/CB426708-3491-4CF5-88EC-E5EB39E74DE9'>Read more...</a></p></div>-42.7 -65.6