According to the United Nations, at least 800 species worldwide are affected by marine junk, and as much as 80 percent of that litter is plastic. It is estimated that up to 13 million metric tons of plastic ends up in the ocean each year -equal 2. a rubbish or garbage truck load's ...
This is what happens when plastic is thrown into the oceanGrace Raver
Pollution has put our oceans at the brink of disaster. Every year more than 8 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ocean, but how does that affect humans and what can we do to stop this behaviour?
D Unfortunately, soon the ocean may no longer be a food source.E Their decline in numbers has allowed other species to grow quickly.F However, the real danger comes from adding too much CO₂to the water.G For example, plastic from ships and beaches can prevent marine l...
About 54% of mangrove habitat lies within 20 km of a river that carries over one tonne of plastic waste into the ocean annually. Image Credit: Grid-Arendal. The study has been published in the Science of the Total Environment journal. Scientists have discovered that, specifically, mangroves ...
The following morning, fertilized eggs were collected from the breeding tanks, usually within 30 min of fertilization. Twenty eggs were placed in a plastic petri dish (35 × 10 mm) containing egg water (EW; 60 mg/ml Instant Ocean) exposed to either (-)THC solution (0.001 to 20 mg/...
Plastic has been the biggest threat to ocean life for decades. Sunlight, wind and wave action break down plastic waste to a certain extent, but it only succeeds in reducing it to smaller pieces. 2They spread throughout the water and have been found in every corner of the globe, affecting...
Arctic Beach litter Citizen science Marine debris Marine litter Plastic pollution Marine litter is widespread and has made it even to Earth's remotest environments such as the deep ocean floor and the Polar Regions (Bergmann et al., 2017). Still, there is a peculiar, several orders of magnitud...
Plastic pollution Granules Leaching 1. Introduction Plastic pollution is not a new concern as the first evidence of its environmental distribution were given in 1979 via a study on pelagic tar and plastic in the ocean (Shaw and Mapes, 1979), as well as the description of patches of plastic ...
litter is due to a lack of public garbage cans, or overflowing cans that do not get emptied regularly. By increasing the number of available trash receptacles and the frequency they get cleaned, communities can help deter littering. To help increase the number of garbage cans in a certain ...