Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can plastic pollution be cleaned up?
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 environment but also to human health and economies. Hu...
"After another week of hard-fought and frustrating negotiations in Busan, the meeting has closed with governments no closer to agreeing on a solution to the worsening plastic crisis," the World Wildlife Fund's head of global plastics policy, Eirik Lindebjerg, lamented in a statement on Sunday...
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Water crisis: how local technologies can help solve a global problem Climate change is making water stress worse for billions worldwide. Scaling up both new and traditional solutions must be a priority. Editorial1 Aug 2023 Nature Millions of jobs in food production are disappearing — a change...
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis.
Wedevelop and scaletechnologies to rid the oceans of plastic Our cleaning technologies are deployed around the world as we conduct the largest cleanup in history. For over ten years, The Ocean Cleanup has been researching, extracting, and monitoring plastic pollution in oceans and rivers globally ...
The worldwide climate crisis is also affecting the seas. The rise in water temperature has the effect of reducing oxygen content. At the present time, there are approximately 700 “death zones” in the World’s seas. In these zones, life can no longer continue.** Rising pollution from CO2...
Plastic pollution is a growing global issue, with Asia often the dumping ground for waste from Europe and the United States. Microplastics, tiny fragments from larger plastics, are especially concerning. They are found in oceans and beaches worldwide, affecting marine life and moving up the food...