Japanese scientists have developed a new type of plastic that’s strong at room temperature, but can be easily broken down on demand into its base components. In seawater, it starts to break down into ...
An astonishing marine fungus eating away at debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is providing hope as a natural solution to a common toxic plastic waste. As detailed on Phys.org, microbiologists ...
Plastic is poisoning our waters, and our marine life is suffering. In 2012, a Guadalupe fur seal was found dead on the Washington coast with an 8-inch piece of plastic in its stomach. The devastating ...
Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and ...
Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids BEAUFORT, N.C. -- To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party ...
Plastic pollution has become one of the major global environmental challenges of the century; projections show that by 2050 the oceans may have more plastic than fish. Nuclear technology has emerged ...
A new study shows that for every 3.6 pieces of litter caught by a Seabin, one marine animal is also trapped. By Carla Delgado Published Oct 31, 2022 1:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...
I run across all sorts of interesting phrases in my work as an environmental science writer. For our story about “How Pathogens Can Hitch a Ride on Plastic to Reach the Sea,” two new-to-me phrases ...
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