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How one plastic bag turns into millions of microplastics: Shocking new research on ocean pollution

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...
ZME Science

Researchers use sunlight to turn plastic waste into vinegar

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.
Noozhawk

Study in Science Maps Out Plan to Eliminate Plastic Pollution by 2050

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...
EurekAlert!

Frontiers in Science Deep Dive series: Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn

Increased toxicity from plastic pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole ecosystems, with potentially disproportionate impacts on apex predators such as orcas. Join the ...
University of California

Yes, we can eliminate plastic pollution (by 2050)

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...
Science Daily

Four global policies could eliminate more than 90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...
TravelPulse

Monty Halls and HX Foundation Launch Citizen Science Project to Combat Marine Pollution

WHY IT RATES: Monty Halls and the HX Foundation join forces to launch a groundbreaking citizen science initiative to tackle marine pollution. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing Editor A ...
Forbes

Plastic Pollution Is Reaching Sharks Before They Hatch

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how ...
NBC Bay Area

Plastic pollution causing a sea of trouble

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...
Scientific American

Most Plastic in the Ocean Is Invisible—And Deadly

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...
National Catholic Reporter

Resolve remains for global plastic pollution treaty after talks fall short

Days after talks on a new international treaty to curb plastic pollution collapsed, Sr. Patty Johnson was nonetheless feeling hopeful. Johnson was in Busan, South Korea, with three fellow Sisters of ...
news.ucsb.edu

A new study in Science maps out a comprehensive plan to eliminate plastic pollution by 2050

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...