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  • The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic

    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 Kim, who will present alternatives to the Ocean Cleanup project to help curb the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. The second installment is a technical review of the Ocean Cleanup feasibility study and is a…

  • Plastic Rocks Found On Remote Volcanic Island Are A “Terrifying” Discovery

    Plastic Rocks Found On Remote Volcanic Island Are A “Terrifying” Discovery

    Photo: “Plastic rocks” found on Trindade Island in the state of Espirito Santo is seen at the laboratory of the Federal University of Parana, in Curitiba, state of Parana, Brazil March 7, 2023. Image credit: REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer At first, scientists couldn’t identify the strange bluish-green rocks so they ran chemical tests on them and… oh.…

  • There’s plastic in your tap water, beer, and table salt

    There’s plastic in your tap water, beer, and table salt

    Photo: An albatross that has succumbed to starvation due to overconsumption of plastic particles. Chris Jordan via Ars Electronica on Flickr. Kosuth M, Mason SA, Wattenberg EV (2018) Anthropogenic contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0194970. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194970 You’ve seen it; plastic bottles discarded on the beach, photos of marine life…

  • Teenager Invents Plastic Bag Made From Shrimp

    Teenager Invents Plastic Bag Made From Shrimp

    Science fair winner Angelina Arora of Australia demonstrated a biodegradable plastic made from natural material. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA What were you doing when you were a teenager? Riding bikes, watching movies, learning trigonometry perhaps? Angelina Arora, from Sydney Girls High School, is doing all these things, but Angelina Arora is not your average teenager. Arora explained…

  • Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes, contaminating new food chains

    Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes, contaminating new food chains

    Photo: Mosquitoes leave the water and take microplastics with them. Shaun Wilkinson/Shutterstock There is no doubt that plastic pollution in oceans is a growing worldwide problem. The internet is full of images of seabirds and other marine animals entangled in plastic waste, and animals starve because their guts are blocked with plastic bags. But the…