Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...
news.ucsb.edu

How plastic pollution flows from rivers to oceans — and how to stop it

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...
AOL

Plastic pollution could linger on ocean surfaces for over 100 years, researchers warn

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...
Science Daily

Ocean floor a 'reservoir' of plastic pollution

New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea floor. New research from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, and the ...
USA Today

Should we clean up the trash in our oceans? New study has a controversial answer.

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up. In fact, the ...
CNN

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...
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Ocean Pollution

Working to stop harmful marine pollution at the source. © Troy Mayne / WWF The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly ...
The New York Times

There Might Be Less Plastic in the Sea Than We Thought. But Read On.

A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast. By Delger Erdenesanaa There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists ...
Phys.org

Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...
Newsweek

Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?

Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some observers with guarded hope about the ...
Santa Barbara Independent

How Plastic Pollution Flows from Rivers to Oceans — and How to Stop It

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...