The EMF projected a range for the weight of plastic in the ocean by applying first a 5% per year growth rate to the 8 million metric ton figure from Table S1 (2010) or the 9.1 million metric ton ...

Once upon a time, it was thought by many, most, and maybe all of us humanoids that the sea was big enough to swallow and ...

Marine life, like this filefish, and tiny bits of plastic were collected in a sample of ocean surface water off the coast of Kiholo, Hawaii. Based on its size, NOAA scientists estimate the fish is ...

Microplastics were found in sea salt several years ago. But how extensively plastic bits are spread throughout the most commonly used seasoning remained unclear. Now, new research shows ...

Researchers have taken a deep dive into plastic pollution, and found up to 100 times more of the synthetic material blankets the ocean floor than floats on the surface. Alice Xia Zhu, a PhD ...

Inventor Fionn Ferreira Has a Plan to Extract Plastic From the Oceans Published Sep 01, 2023 at 4:36 PM EDT Updated Sep 05, 2023 at 4:57 PM EDT ...

Though durable, plastics do degrade, by weathering from water, wind, sunlight or heat — as in ocean environments or in landfills — or by friction, in the case of car tires, which releases ...

Ocean plastics and fish conservation remain front-line sustainability issues. ... (Table S1). According to Table S1, in a scenario where 25% of mismanaged plastic waste ended up in the ocean, ...