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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 evidence, we see how microplastics permeate every sample of beach sand across ...
Los Angeles Times

How little plastic does it take to kill marine animals? Scientists have answers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...
Morning Overview on MSNOpinion

Scientists warn of 8M tons of plastic tornadoes swirling in oceans

Scientists now estimate that around 8M tons of plastic waste pour into the ocean every year, forming swirling gyres of debris ...
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 ...
Newsweek

‘Worrying’ Remote Ocean Plastics Study Troubles Scientists

When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific Garbage Patch being the worst of our problems. However, it turns out there are many more areas of pollution throughout the ...
The Conversation

Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...
Forbes

Flip-Flops: On The Path To Plastics Circularity Or A Watery Grave?

As the scale and extent of the effects from plastic pollution trigger regulation, customer concern, media controversy, and changes in market dynamics, companies will have to better understand how they ...
The Conversation

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery

Kate Spencer receives funding from NERC, Lloyd's Register Foundation and EU Interreg IV programme Preventing Plastic Pollution Nan Wu works for Queen Mary University of London and the British ...
AOL

Microplastics are filling the deep ocean faster than scientists feared

Plastic waste has haunted the world’s oceans for decades. What you may not realize is that the most dangerous pieces are often the ones you never see. Far below the ocean’s glittering surface, ...