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• 90% of the big fish are gone. Tuna, swordfish, halibut, cod, and flounder populations have been devastated by overfishing. Many of the fish caught today never even have the chance to reproduce.

• The average size of the remaining big fish has been cut in half or less in the last 50 years. The average weight of a swordfish caught today is 90 lbs., down from 266 lbs. in 1960.

• Discarded plastic bags and other trash have formed a toxic “plastic soup” that is gathering in five massive ocean gyres around the world. As the plastic breaks down, it is eaten by sea animals, birds, and fish, causing illness and death. It eventually enters our diets, too.

• There are a reported 405 ocean “dead zones” — areas where there is little to no oxygen due to fertilizer run-off and nitrogen pollution. Dead zones are doubling every ten years.

• Our oceans account for 71% of the planet, but less than 2% of our oceans are protected. We have protections in place for nearly 12% of all land (through areas like national parks).

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Eddie Izzard ‏ @eddieizzard

‘A pond in Africa in the last rays of sunset’

Eddie Izzard started his next 27 marathons today in South Africa!

Please support and share any water news you have in South Africa.

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Using satellites to measure sea surface height from 1995 to 2010, scientists from University College London and Britain’s National Oceanography Center found that the western Arctic’s sea surface has risen by about 15 cms since 2002.

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The Operation “Gcin’amanzi” (Zulu for “water conservation”) in Soweto is one of the ocuntry’s most ambitious water-related projects. In post-apartheid South Africa the project was essential. Since the fall of the segregationist regime the country has been forging its new identity, navigating between economic imperatives and the vast social inequalities that threaten to undermine the new South African society. Public services such as water, electricity, housing and transport are prime concerns.

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The Mvula Trust is South Africa’s leading water and sanitation NGO. Our mission is to improve the health and livelihoods of poor and disadvantaged South Africans using community-based approaches to facilitate the delivery of integrated and sustainable water, sanitation and related services while ensuring that people’s voices are heard. 

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Eddie runs and raises money for Nelson Mandella - 27 marathons marking 27 years for Nelson Mandella in prison for fighting for human rights.

We will aim to bring you water news via the locations Eddie will be running through including Mvezo, Qunu, Fort Hare, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria, Rivonia, Cape Town and Robben Island. 

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Shark fins contain high levels of a potent neurotoxin that scientists have linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, according to a recent studypublished in the journal Marine Drugs.

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