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Plastic Pollution and Microplastics: A Growing Threat
The Ubiquity of Plastic in Our Lives Plastic has become an inevitable part of modern life. If you look around, almost ...
Scientists call on U.S., Canada to confront 'ubiquitous' Great Lakes microplastics pollution
The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...
Antarctic snow harbors microplastics: New technique uncovers hidden pollution
Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...
The Express Tribune8d
Plastic pollution wipes out Kabul river's turtles and Sher Mahi fish
Plastic pollution is particularly harmful because fish and other marine life often mistake it for food. Consuming ...
Making pollutants great again: Trump says he’s bringing back plastic straws in new executive order
Trump says he’s bringing back plastic straws in new executive order - The Biden administration had moved to remove harmful ...
Dhaka Tribune2d
Rizwana calls for urgent action against plastic pollution
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources, highlighted the ...
Mongabay on MSN3d
Researchers find microplastics for the first time in the Finnish Sámi waters
In Finland’s freezing Arctic, lakes and rivers have nourished the lifeways of Indigenous Skolt Sámi communities for ...
The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...
Dorset swimmer dubbed 'human fish' features in new documentary
The swim was to highlight the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans, which led Oly to start his charity Project Planet Earth.