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Plastic pollution in ocean may harbor novel antibiotics

Plastic pollution in ocean may harbor novel antibiotics

Debbie Banks June 13, 2022

Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics, according to a new student-led study conducted....

Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for first time

Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for first time

Liang Lan June 09, 2022

New Zealand researchers identified tiny plastics, which can be toxic to plants and animals, in 19 snow samples

U.N. taking first step toward "historic" treaty on plastics pollution

U.N. taking first step toward "historic" treaty on plastics pollution

George Scott March 02, 2022

The United Nations was launching formal negotiations Wednesday on a global treaty to address the planet's "epidemic" of plastic trash....

Seawater seep may be speeding glacier melt, sea level rise

Seawater seep may be speeding glacier melt, sea level rise

Liang Lan February 14, 2022

The melting of ice sheets at the points where they float on and along the world's oceans is a major....

WWF: Plastic pollution affects 88% of marine species

WWF: Plastic pollution affects 88% of marine species

George Scott February 08, 2022

Wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday that plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean, calling for urgent efforts to....

The Ocean Will Soon Have More Plastics Than Fish

The Ocean Will Soon Have More Plastics Than Fish

George Scott January 20, 2022

The United Kingdom’s Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA) says that plastic will outweigh fish in the planet’s oceans by 2050.

Natural climate solutions cut a steady course through a sea of proposals for ocean carbon dioxide reduction

Natural climate solutions cut a steady course through a sea of proposals for ocean carbon dioxide reduction

Liang Lan January 03, 2022

The oceans have already helped us avoid even more extreme warming by absorbing nearly a quarter of all the carbon....

US Needs to Take Responsibility for Worldwide Plastic Pollution in Oceans

US Needs to Take Responsibility for Worldwide Plastic Pollution in Oceans

George Scott January 02, 2022

The U.S. produces a large share of the global supply of plastic resin — the precursor material to all plastic....