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The Cool Down on MSN1d
Scientists make disturbing discovery after analyzing samples from ocean's greatest depths: 'High abundances have been consistently observed'
"High abundances have been consistently observed in deep waters, including … 13,500 particles per [cubic meter] at ...
The Cool Down on MSN3d
Experts make critical breakthrough that could drastically impact efforts to remove dangerous materials from the ocean: 'Far more effective'
"This is a tangible step toward solving one of the planet's most pressing ecological crises." Experts make critical ...
EL PAÍS English21d
Sea of plastic: Global study finds thousands of microparticles even in the Mariana Trench
These synthetic materials have now become part of both the life and carbon cycles, from the surface to the deepest parts of ...
Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought
Most models haven’t accounted for how microplastics may increase global warming by disrupting natural cycles that store ...
New Scientist on MSN21d
Microplastics could be hampering the ocean’s ability to capture carbon
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, ...
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The True Cost Of Ocean Plastic Pollution
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent ... as scientific expeditions conducted by the Tara Ocean Foundation (of which I am executive director ...
The Taipei Times4d
The true cost of plastic pollution in our oceans
The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in the 1970s. In the half-century since then, the problem has become ever more widespread, as scientific expeditions conducted by ...
Pique Newsmagazine3dOpinion
Rupture of the Deep
Opponents of DSM, who include scientists, conservationists, oceanographers, nation states, Indigenous peoples and most of ...
Inside Climate News4d
Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says
The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist’s landmark legal ...
UN Environment Programme6h
How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution
But efforts are underway to arm local and national officials with the data they need. UNEP and UN-Habitat, for example, have ...
The Washington Post5d
On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
He is part of a team of researchers from Adrift Lab, a global unit that studies the impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, that has been studying the island’s birds, sable ...