BBC6 年
Plastic patch in Pacific Ocean growing rapidly, study shows
Predictions suggest a build-up of about 80,000 tonnes of plastic in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" between California and Hawaii. This figure is up to sixteen times higher than previously ...
BBC6 年
Plastic garbage patch: Medical tests 'inspired me to investigate'
Ms Penn said her own medical tests had convinced her of the potential toxic impacts of plastic ... Garbage Patch and is formed by winds and ocean currents that swirl the material around, in ...
Daily Wrap on MSN10 天
Plastic tide: Great Pacific garbage patch's global impact
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating mass of waste in the northern part of the ... According to researchers, this is ...
Phys.org14 天
7-year study reveals plastic fragments from all over the globe are rising rapidly in the ...
The research, which draws from not-for-profit The Ocean Cleanup's systematic surveys of the NPGP between 2015 and 2022, found an unexpected rise in mass concentration of plastic fragments that are ...