Britain's Prince Charles said that plastic is now "on the menu" in the fish we eat and called for decisive action as he opened a conference Thursday on protecting the world's oceans. The heir to the British throne, a long-time champion of environmental causes, told the European Union-bac...
Birds and other sea animals, such as turtles and fish, eat plastic. It is really bad for the animals' health. Some birds even mistakenly (错误地) give their babies waste instead of food. Scientists hope this study can make more people learn about plastic in the ocean and help save the ...
It is enough to cover every coastline(海岸线) in the world. Birds and other sea animals, such as turtles and fish, eat plastic. It can badly hurt their organs(器官). Some birds even feed their babies waste instead of food by mistake.Scientists hope this study can raise an alarm about ...
Most of the plastic is dumped in open lands and far away in oceans. While this seemed like a logical idea until people released that they were polluting the environment, air, water and land. The hazardous chemical in the plastics started to be seen in fishes and crops we eat which ...
Researchers caught a lantern fish in the ocean and found dozens of pieces of plastic inside its body. 我们常常说塑料会降解, 认为终有一天它们会直接消失, 但是实际上塑料只会分解, 变得更多,更小,更容易被吃掉。 We are educated tha...
reservoir for mismanaged plastics through different water channels such as rivers, lakes, and freshwater. It is estimated that by 2050, with the present unabated rate of plastic production, the quantity (in weight) of plastics in the oceans will be more than that of fish (World Economic Forum...
It is enough to cover every coastline(海岸线)in the world. Birds and other sea animals, such as turtles and fish, eat plastic. It can badly hurt their organs(器官). Some birds even mistakenly feed their babies waste instead of food....
There is more plastic pollution in the world every year.A study last year showed that about 8 million tons of plastic enters the oceans every year.It is enough to cover every coastline(海岸线)in the world. Birds and other sea animals,such as turtles and fish,eat plastic.It can badly ...
An estimated 79% of plastic waste ends up in landfill. 2. How might plastic enter the food we eat? It’s thought that small fragments of plastic are ingested by fish and other sea life, and from there it enters the food chai...
And those bits might still be floating around the world's oceans today, waiting to be eaten by unfortunate fish, and eventually perhaps by one of us.Because plastic wasn't invented until the late 19th century, and production really only took off around 1950, we have a mere 9.2 billion ...