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Could this technology finally be a solution for the plastic problem reaching the ocean, here and around the world?

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute ...

The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.

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Did you know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in the oceans, forming garbage patches? Environmentalists from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation British fund have even calculated that if garbage ...

This Ocean Cleanup System Aims To Collect 50 Tons Of Plastic. But Then What? Area Of Plastic In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Three Times The Size Of France The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Eve ...

Discover how ocean plastic isn't the core problem we think it is. While plastic constitutes about 80 percent of marine pollution, much of it doesn’t originate from consumer trash or coastal areas. A ...

We've all seen the photos of attractive sea turtles sipping ocean cocktails through nose-straws, and the outlines of ocean bird bodies filled in with a colourful collage of bottle caps, but the true ...

Even Southern California's least-visited beaches have a trash problem.

The findings, published Monday in Nature Climate Change, show that colored micro- and nanoplastics suspended in the ...