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How Plastic Pollution Is Pushing Oceans and Marine Animals Toward Collapse

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...

Behind the Plastic Ocean, Are We Accidentally Breeding a New Species

Plastic pollution has infiltrated oceans worldwide, with fish and marine life ingesting microplastics from bottles, bags, and ...
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The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

The man who wants to stop trash from flowing into the ocean

Boyan Slat has a plan to rid the ocean of plastic pollution, this coming El Niño could be a monster and more big stories ...
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What actually happens to the plastic that ends up in the ocean?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Floating plastic remains on the surface for many decades, scientists found. (the_burtons via Getty Images) Even if plastic ...
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Report analyzes sources of ocean plastic pollution

A new report has been released by Germany-based ocean plastic recovery startup CleanHub that highlights ocean plastic pollution this year, as well as a look into its complex origins and what the ...
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The Largest Ocean Cleanup in History: How It Works and Why It Matters

The Ocean Cleanup employs advanced technologies to tackle plastic pollution, targeting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and ...
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Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement ...
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‘Worrying’ Remote Ocean Plastics Study Troubles Scientists

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific ...

Tackling Plastic Pollution With A Hemp-Based Alternative

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a Korean solar billionaire and The Ocean Cleanup’s Boyen Slat on trash ...
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Reducing Plastic Pollution in the Oceans and Beyond

In 1996 Captain Charles Moore, a citizen scientist and founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation, stumbled upon what came to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a ...
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Artículos sobre Ocean plastic pollution

It’s great to see the federal government finally providing clear policy direction for the waste industry. But it’s far from enough to temper the waste crisis. The Pacific Ocean produces oxygen, helps ...