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From shipbreaking to old buildings: what is asbestos and why is it dangerous?
A planned shipbreaking operation in western Turkey has reignited debate over asbestos—an industrial material once widely used but now known to cause deadly diseases. Ship dismantling and recycling operations have been ongoing at the Aliağa port in İzmir since 1976. Improvements in health and environmental conditions began after the 2000s. / Photo: Reuters A decommissioned aircraft carrier built during the Cold War has become the centre of a heated environmental debate in Turk


From wheelbarrows to urinals: divers pull decades of waste from Istanbul’s seabed
Despite signs of improvement in water quality, volunteer divers in Istanbul say the city’s seas still conceal thousands of tonnes of rubbish — from tyres and batteries to construction debris — highlighting the scale of marine pollution. According to RTS report, the estimates show that over 1 million marine animals die each year due to plastic pollution in the ocean/ Photo: Pexels/Şemsi Belli More than two decades after the United Nations declared 22 March as World Water Day,


Can underwater farms help avert the world’s looming food crisis?
With millions facing food insecurity and traditional agriculture straining under climate pressure, scientists and entrepreneurs are experimenting with a surprising frontier: farming beneath the sea. Photo: nemosgarden.com The idea sounds like science fiction: vegetables growing in glass domes anchored to the seabed, nourished by desalinated seawater and sunlight filtering through the waves. But in the waters off Italy’s Riviera, it is already a reality. The project, known as
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