In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) investigated how many microplastic particles would be absorbed in the muscle tissue of young European ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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Microplastic fiber pollution in the ocean impacts larval lobsters at each stage of their development, according to new research. A study published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin reports that the fibers affect the animals' ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Microplastic pollution in marine environments is concentrated most highly in coastal habitats, especially fjords and estuaries, according to a new review article published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin. Deep sea ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2020
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An article written by an international team of scientists was published recently in Marine Pollution Bulletin magazine. The team included representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences Shirshov Institute of Oceanology ...
Environment
Jun 10, 2020
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Shark fins recently sampled from markets in China and Hong Kong contained dangerously high levels of mercury.
Ecology
May 29, 2020
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have surveyed the amount of gadolinium found in river water in Tokyo. Gadolinium is contained in contrast agents given to patients undergoing medical magnetic resonance imaging ...
Environment
May 25, 2020
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The scientific journal Marine Pollution Bulletin has just published "Microplastics in the Bay of Biscay: an overview," a piece of work by the Materials+Technologies research group (GMT) of the Faculty of Engineering—Gipuzkoa. ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2020
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A team of researchers from the University of Tasmania has found evidence of microplastics in ice cores collected off the coast of Antarctica. In their paper published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, the group describes ...
Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have developed the first three-dimensional mass estimate to show where microplastic pollution is collecting in Lake Erie. The study examines nine different types of polymers that ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2020
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In October 2018, the Tunisian Ro-Ro passenger ship "Ulysse" rammed into the hull of the Cyprus-flagged container ship "Virginia," which was anchored in international waters off the northern tip of Corsica, an area known for ...
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