Plastic has been slowly accumulating in the marine environment since the 1960s, to the point that we now have huge masses of plastic floating in the oceans and other waste plastics washing up on the once beautifully clean beaches around the world. It is estimated that there are 1 million pie...
Oceans of Plastic: Time for Action Plastic is useful. It's in a lot of things we use every day, from clothes to pens, and bottles to toys. But there's a problem. Most plastic is not biodegradable (可生物降解的), and a lot of it ends up in our oceans.How big is the problem?
### 单词 - chemical - groundwater - burn - oil - gas - harmful ### 短语 - cut down - fewer and fewer - less and less - more and more ### 句型 - How many big oceans are there on Earth? - What can we do to protect the sea? - Describe the problems our planet is facing. ...
How many metric tons of plastic pour into the oceans every year? A. 18 million. B. 8 million. C. 80 million. D. 88 million. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 B 这是一道数字题。文章开头就提到了800万公吨,因此,答案是B。反馈 收藏
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Alejandro Durán uses art to spotlight the ongoing destruction of our oceans' ecosystems. In this breathtaking talk, he shows how he meticulously organizes and reuses plastic waste from around the world that washes up on the Caribbean coast of Mexico -- everything from water bottles to prostheti...
Plastic bags are mainly made from polyethylene, a material that takes centuries to degrade. Even worse, less than 9% of these bags are recycled. As a result, our planet is already swamped with waste issues. Landfills are turning into mountains, oceans are choked with plastic, and dangerous ...
Alejandro Durán collects the international trash washing up on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, transforming it into aesthetic yet disquieting artworks that wake us up to the threat of plastic pollution. This talk was presented at an official TED conference. Read our curation guidelines.Watc...
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Plastic pollution is a threat to our oceans and marine life. You may think of single-use water bottles or grocery bags drifting on the ocean surface, but most of the plastic in the ocean are discarded fishing nets and gear. According to FAO, a staggering 640,000 tons of fishing equipment...