Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/pollution/ Environmental science and conservation news Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:35:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png News on Pollution https://news.mongabay.com/list/pollution/ 32 32 Mining threat persists in Raja Ampat, Indonesia’s ‘Amazon of the Seas’ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/mining-threat-persists-in-raja-ampat-indonesias-amazon-of-the-seas/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/mining-threat-persists-in-raja-ampat-indonesias-amazon-of-the-seas/#respond 04 Aug 2026 14:31:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=325289 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/mining-threat-persists-in-raja-ampat-indonesias-amazon-of-the-seas/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-325289 Deep-sea snails and mussels in Indian and Pacific Oceans contain microplastics, study finds 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