The ocean is polluted by tiny plastic fragments that are difficult to detect but can harm marine ecosystems. Euronews Tech ...
A collaboration between researchers at Imperial College London and GNS Science, suggests that reducing plastic pollution by 5% per year would stabilize the level of microplastics—plastics less than 5 ...
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 ...
Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality is more complex and far more persistent. Even if we stopped all plastic ...
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans each year. As larger plastic debris breaks down into microplastics, these ...
Pollution entering the ocean from the Tijuana River has been a problem for decades, but beach closures have increased in recent years Environmental educators say the closures are hurting kids and ...
An estimated 171 trillion pieces of plastic are lurking in the world’s oceans, and plastic production is expected to triple by 2060 if no changes are made. This growth could result in a significant ...
In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...
Imagine being able to check the likelihood of ocean pollution the same way you check the weather. It is an idea that a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego put ...
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Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef - plans to fix it aren’t up to the task
When you think about threats to the Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching due to climate change would likely be first. But the ...
Welcome to today’s edition of Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter on The Times climate and environment team, filling in for my colleague Sammy Roth. As the burning of fossil fuels and other human ...
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