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Scientists find concerning accumulation of pollution in ocean: 'The ocean floor has become a resting place, or reservoir'
The estimate could be 100 times more than what we believe is floating on the surface. Scientists find concerning accumulation ...
Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?
Negotiators are considering ways to limit the massive amounts of plastic waste polluting oceans, harming wildlife and ...
Turning The Tide on Plastic Pollution Requires a Bold Global Effort | Opinion
We are at a tipping point. Plastic pollution is affecting planet, animal, and human health. We have hope that INC-4 ...
New Self-Recycling Plastic Could Combat Ocean Pollution
Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. This ...
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Plastic pollution talks end & Arctic peoples return home to a ‘sink’ of plastic
Global plastic pollution talks in Ottawa came to a close April 30, and with them a group of Indigenous leaders from the ...
If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10%—and we're set for a huge surge in production
In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as ...
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Report analyzes sources of ocean plastic pollution
The report claims plastic bags are a major ocean pollution issue. They break down into microplastics and/or are ingested by ...
The ‘godfather of microplastics’ talks about the challenges of halting plastic pollution
By 2008, the term microplastic was highlighted by the EU’s flagship marine strategy framework directive, a policy introduced ...
Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs
Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution ran overtime into Tuesday morning amid tense ...
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Plastic pollution and ocean acidification reduce Antarctic krill development, BAS research
Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. Antarctic krill (Euphausia ...
5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution
Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they ...