Large-scale production of vegetables and fruit in Spain with intensive plastic consumption in its greenhouse industry is believed to have leaked microplastic contaminants since the 1970s into the surrounding Mediterranean ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2021
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Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially impact your dinner table.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2020
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Mechanical devices are increasingly being considered as a potential way to help address plastic pollution found globally in marine environments.
Environment
Oct 12, 2022
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Almost 200 species of bacteria colonize microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea, including one that causes food poisoning in humans, according to a new study led by Maria Luiza Pedrotti of Sorbonne Université, published November ...
Ecology
Nov 30, 2022
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A tall ship owned and operated by Sea Education Association (SEA) will depart port tomorrow on a research expedition dedicated to examining the effects of plastic marine debris, including debris generated by the 2011 Japanese ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 2, 2012
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Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world's oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop strategies to mitigate this ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2024
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A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, the University of Basel, and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has completed the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2023
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An investigation by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has found seal pups lying next to potentially toxic microplastics on Norfolk beaches. Britain experienced a record winter for seal pup births, but some of their most important ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2019
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I've moved around quite a lot, and one thing that's always really difficult to get my head round when I move to a new place is what I can and can't put in my recycling bin. In one place, plastic had to be put out separately; ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2019
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Plastic pollution has been recorded in eight freshwater streams running into Gulf St. Vincent, confirming the regular flow of microplastics into local marine environments—and the need for better waste management systems.
Environment
Jan 5, 2023
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