- Plastic Trash In The Ocean A Global Problem, But The US Is Main Culprit
Plastic Trash In The Ocean A Global Problem, But The U.S. Is Main Culprit - Across America, US - Per capita, the United States produces far more plastic waste than China — a nation often vilified over pollution-related issues.
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- Crafty coastal species are colonising plastics – with potentially devastating results
New research shows life can bloom even in the direst of places: coastal plants and animals are actually colonising floating plastic debris in the open ocean.
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- Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action
An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.
from: The Conversation US
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- Plastics Trashing Oceans Have Their Biggest Source in US
By Matthew Savoca, Anna Robuck and Lauren Kashiwabara. Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world's oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. And a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering ...
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- On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists find a surprise: Coastal life
Coastal marine species carried out to sea on debris are not only surviving, they're colonizing the high seas and making new communities on the floating.
from: News Nation USA
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- Animals have come to live on the “island” of garbage that floats in the Pacific, study indicates
You may have heard of an “island” of garbage that exists in the Pacific Ocean. The so-called Large Garbage Portion (an appropriate name, let's face it) spreads over about 1.6 million kilometers (larger than the state of Amazonas) and, in fact, ...
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- Report estimates 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters ocean each year
The report, mandated by the SOS 2.0 Act and sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), synthesizes all existing research on marine debris and presents a stark assessment of the amount of plastic that enters the world's oceans.
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