At NASA, experts think that orbital, AI-enhanced sensors can be more effective than traditional analysis methods, such as collecting the waste with a net for examination. "Detecting marine debris is ...
Researchers say there is light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the plastic pollution crisis. That is, if we make some major changes to how things are done. The Guardian highlighted the ...
Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how pollution may be affecting sharks ...
Plastic pollution remains one of the world’s most challenging environmental problems. Plastic pollution has been found ...
KTLA’s new ocean conservation series ‘Saving Our Seas’ dives into one of the largest and most worrisome issues facing our planet… the plastic problem. It’s a compounding catastrophe that has already ...
Plastic waste pollutes our oceans, food, even our bodies. This week, 175 countries are trying to create a treaty to reduce that waste. Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil fuels ...
Liz Berry discusses the dangers of plastic pollution, the promise of EPR, and her hopes for accessible recycling and ...
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A new monster in the plastic pollution problem

A RECENT feature story by Euronews has revealed the shocking extent of plastic pollution on Earth. The world has known for some time that microplastics, the exceedingly small particles of plastic ...
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 ...
Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year . . . from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar ...
With millions of tons of plastic covering the seafloor, and more added every year, plastic pollution in the oceans is a major problem. With this amount of waste, we are ruining Earth's oceans and ...
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 ...