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Ocean plastic pollution: How microplastics threaten marine life and our future

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific ...

Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.
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Nanoplastics Make Up Most of the Ocean’s Plastic Pollution

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...
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Where Does It All Go? Uncovering the Mystery of 8 Million Tons of Ocean Plastic Disappearing Each Year

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats facing our oceans today. Each year, over 8 million tons of plastic—ranging from bags and bottles to straws—finds its way into the marine environment.
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Maritime leaders unite to tackle ocean plastic with launch of new alliance: the Maritime Association for Clean Seas

Leading shipping companies are joining forces to combat ocean plastic pollution through the launch of the Maritime ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Should we clean up the trash in our oceans? New study has a controversial answer.

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up. In fact, the ...
Geographical

The top five countries where plastic waste in the ocean comes from

Discover which countries are responsible for the most plastic waste that ends up on beaches and coasts around the world Take a walk along any beach in the world and you’re likely to find some sort of ...
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Nonprofit launches plastic interceptor technology in heavily polluted river, diverting thousands of pieces of trash: 'It's very important to us'

The global nonprofit organization The Ocean Cleanup deployed its innovative river cleanup technology, called the Interceptor Original, in one of Bangkok's most polluted rivers earlier this year. Since ...
Phys.org

Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...
CNN

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...
Forbes

How Blue Sharks Spread Plastic Pollution Across The Ocean

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...
Repórter Brasil

COP30 focuses on the oceans but ‘forgets’ their main pollutant: plastic

The Belém climate change conference will not include direct discussions about curbing the use of plastic, a material ...