The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that people produce 300 million tonnes of plastic each year, at least 14 million of which end up in the ocean. Although the effects of plastics on marine life have been discussed for a long time, not much has been done to help ad...
Concern over plastic pollution of the marine environment is severe. The mass-imbalance between the plastic litter supplied to and observed in the ocean currently suggests a missing sink. However, here we show that the ocean interior conceals high loads o
Fishing gear remains in situ for a long time and in practice turns the ocean into a plastic landfill site, because particles of microplastics are formed when the materials degrade in the ocean. “We have already come a long way in the work,” said Karl. He is a polymer chemist and speci...
The strains showed distinct differences in the extent and timing of their response to each leachate. Consequently, plastic leachate exposure could influence marine Prochlorococcus community composition and potentially the broader composition and productivity of ocean phytoplankton communities....
What is to be done with the plastic currently polluting the world's oceans, as featured in the BBC's Blue Planet series recently? Make garden furniture! At any rate, that's what Dutch manufacturer Van De Sant and designer Claire Rendall are doing. They a
T he articles measur e d between 50 to 500 micromer ers"T h e smallest plastic particles ar e abl e to enter th e bloodstream, th e lymphatic system(淋巴系统), an d may even reach th e liver(肝脏)" Philinn Schauabl, who took part in th e re earch, sai d to th e Guar...
The plastic-digesting capabilities of the fungus Parengyodontium album could be harnessed to degrade polyethylene, the most abundant type of plastic in the ocean
Note for the editors, not for publication. Reference: Laurent C. M. Lebreton, et al, “A global mass budget for positively buoyant macro plastic debris in the ocean” Scientific Reports, (September 2019): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49413-5 ...
Every year, lots of plastic waste goes into the ocean.4. ___ Most of the particles stay in the ocean.Others can spread into the soil(土壤) and air. Could plastic in the air fall onto food and get into the human body?Some past studies may also give us a clue.5. And even some ...
General view of the 34th ASEAN Summit plenary session in Bangkok, Thailand, June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations vowed on Saturday to fight against plastic pollution in the ocean, as their leaders adopted...