Plastic spends century on ocean surface, study finds

Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found. Scientists ...

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 ...
Earth.com

Floating ocean plastic will take more than a century to disappear

Floating ocean plastics can take more than 100 years to disappear, breaking into tiny fragments that slowly sink to the seafloor.

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery

Our new study set out to understand what happens to large pieces of floating plastic once they enter the ocean. We developed ...
Boston Herald

Bakst: Single-use plastic bans not effective

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. The primary concern regarding plastic pollution is ocean plastic pollution.