New research found that boiling water may be able to remove up to 90 percent of microplastics. Find out why that's important and the dangers of plastics.
Unveiling the Dangers of Land Pollution Land, the very foundation of life, sustains ecosystems, supports agriculture, and provides spaces for human habitation. However, the escalating issue of land pollution threatens these vital functions and poses significant environmental and health risks. This essay ...
Famously, microplastics have been found in far-flung places such as the peak at Mount Everest and in the deepest trenches of the sea. In the oceans, the largest accumulation of plastic pollution is known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch", and is located in waters off California. Covering...
- 《Environmental Pollution》 被引量: 5发表: 2017年 The effects of land use types on microplastics in river water: A case study on the mainstream of the Wei River, China However, understanding how anthropogenic activities and environmental factors affect the microplastics distribution in this river...
Byline: Scott Maben The Register-GuardWhat's the big deal about vinyl?Polyvinyl chloride, the world's second-largest-selling plastic, is ubiquitous in American households. It's the shower curtain, floor tile, windows, light switch plates, conduits, credit cards and, of course, vinyl siding....
“The clean-up costs the municipalities millions of kronor, but there will still be many cigarette butts in the environment. We are now conducting a survey of plastic litter across all of Sweden with the aid of community science in what we’re calling the Plastics experiment. That way, we ...
Environmental plastic bits defined as microplastics (MP, diameter 1 μm to 5 mm) or nanoplastics (NP, diameter <1 μm), can be intentionally manufactured for commercial use (primary MP/NP), but mostly come from breakdown of plastic wastes by solar light radiation, weathering processes and ...
The problems our oceans are facing The most serious problem the oceans are facing at the moment is plastic pollution.Reducing single-use plastic, including plastic bags and plastic bottles, has been an important theme of World Oceans Day for a number of years.Climate change and rising se a ...
Plastic was the ... DL Watters,MM Yoklavich,MS Love,... - 《Marine Pollution Bulletin》 被引量: 135发表: 2010年 The impact of debris on the Florida manatee Debris was in the gastrointestinal tract of 63 (14.4%) and four died as a direct result of debris ingestion. Monofilament ...
Friday is World Oceans Day, which comes at a time our oceans face threats from plastic pollution as well as the growing effects of climate change. Gaelin Rosenwaks, a marine scientist and founder of Global Ocean Exploration, joins CBSN to discuss the dangers oceans face and how people can ...