Microplastic is widespread in the ocean and is especially concentrated in the so-called "garbage patches". These are places in the ocean where water currents trap garbage or pollutants in the area. Bacteria help to decompose many types of waste. According to the present state of our knowledge,...
They found a remote island covered in plastic waste,which warned people to take the problem of plastic waste seriously.,Currents collecting waste in large circular systems.,The Pacific Ocean.,It is eaten by fish and leads to massive species loss.It is also harmful to humans.,It places very ...
The Pacific Ocean has4plastic waste. It comes from all over the world. It gets trapped in the centre by the currents thatmove around the ocean. The plastic has broken down into very small pieces. These pieces float5 the surface. This can cause problems for sea creatures, who can eat ...
Plastic sludge(污泥)and garbage is a disaster for the world's oceans.A film crew traveled the globe to document the rubbish.And Julie Andersen of the Plastic Oceans Foundation says what we see is just the tip of the problem."Half of the waste actually sinks to the bottom,and that that ...
Annual global plastic production reached 360 million tonnes in 2018, with only 20% of the plastic waste being recycled. It has been predicted that production will double in the next 20 years. This review summarizes the occurrence, effects, and pathways a
Plastic leaks into the ocean from thousands of sources all over the world every day. Increasing consumption combined with improper waste management in many countries has made plastic pollution a worldwide problem, causing damage not only to the environme
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Plastic is often simply thrown out and ends up in rivers and the ocean.(1)What might most Haitians think of plastic waste before 2015?___A. It was harmful. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 (1)C. 细节理解题。 根据原文第四段" The program began in 2015 in Haiti, a poor island nation...
The ocean garbage patches are not solid ‘islands’ of trash. Rather, the plastic is dispersed, forming massive ‘debris fields’. But that does not mean these areas aren’t highly polluted and don't require cleaning up. The average concentration of the
A floating island of plastic waste off the coast of Honduras. Because plastics do not biodegrade, much of our waste that is not recycled ends up in landfills or the ocean.CBS News But wait a minute: Don't most peoplerecycleplastic? Not exactly. Geyer says that as of 2017, the world re...