While these methods were fundamental to the growth of urban areas, they also laid the groundwork for significant challenges that contemporary generations face today. Nowadays, construction debris accumulates on the peripheries of our cities, and plastic waste floats in the oceans. In this context, ...
根据“But for the first time, scientists have found plastic in human poop, USA Today reported但据《今日美国》报道,科学家首次在人类粪便中发现塑料”,可知Plastic in human poop符合题意,故选C。【小题2】题意:根据第二段研究人员跟踪调查了8名健康志愿者。考查细节判断。A. 跟踪8名健康志愿者;根据“...
根据下文:In addition it produces a huge garbage patch that floats on the surface, thus putting ships in danger and polluting beautiful beaches around the world. 此外,它产生了一个巨大的垃圾区漂浮在水面上,从而使船只处于危险之中,并污染了世界各地...
There is over 150 million tons of plastic waste in the oceans today, and without significant intervention, there could be more plastic than fish in the seas, by weight, by 2050 (Ocean Conservancy, 2015). The problems start on land. After being discarded, plastic is often inefficiently ...
Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015. We know that the primary mechanism for plastic degradation is photo-oxidation. This occurs when plastic is in contact with oxygen and bombarded by photons. Yet, plastic floating in the oceans is mostly submerged, so it...
Plastic in the Oceans May Help Some Species Proliferate Like Weeds Garbage in the North Pacific may help some species proliferate at the expense of others ByCarrie Madren Plastic's durability helped to make it a popular miracle material in the early 20th century. Its omnipresence, however, may ...
根据文章第一段“Plastic is everywhere in our environment, especially in the ocean. Actually, a large amount of plastic waste is floating around the world’s oceans today, waiting to be eaten by some fish or oyster, and finally perhaps by one of us.(塑料在我们的环境中无处不在,尤其是在...
About 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into the sea every year. (2)___Environmentalists estimate that there are about 160 million tons of plastic in the world's oceans today. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. (3)...
the oceans vomiting plastic beaming in from all over the world. And at the same time we’re being told we can’t live without it. So that creates a psychological dissonance, which I think is the barrier to behavioural change. But I’m finding...
The rest is blown off the land or washed off by moving water. Plastic deposited in landfills or casually dropped on the ground may eventually reach the ocean. Altogether, these methods deposit a significant amount of plastic into the ocean every year. The old idea that the oceans are so ...