According to the American Chemical Association, the average American consumes up to 121,000 microplastic particles each year—through air, water, and soil—and...
KNOWABLE: In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, new marine ecosystems are flourishing
In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic has coalesced to create the Great Pacific...
Microplastics could trigger cloud formation and affect the weather, new study suggests
Sunset scenery at Mount Tai in Tai’an, east China’s Shandong Province on May 23, 2018. Jia Guangrui/SIPA/Zuma CNN — Microplastics...
What is the great pacific garbage patch?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii...
The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic
Photo: Shutterstock, providing many images of a polluted ocean. This is the first of two-part post. This installment is written by...