The Pacific Garbage Patch Is Home to Coastal Species—in the Middle of the Ocean
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These out-of-place organisms are thriving on floating trash, but they may compete with open-water species
These out-of-place organisms are thriving on floating trash, but they may compete with open-water species
Arthropods and molluscs dwelling on plastic and other rubbish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean seem to be part of a new type…
These creatures shouldn't live at sea.
Hace poco más de cuatro años, el investigador neozelandés Laurent Lebreton revelaba en un estudio que la zona de máxima…
BMW's new, recycled plastic bits could take a chunk out of the Pacific Garbage Patch.
By Ryan Menezes Published: August 17th, 2022
Last year, wiz kid Boyan Slat announced that “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now be cleaned,” after a prototype cleaning…
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Coastal plants and animals are thriving on the plastic debris, posing potential ecological risks
This is not a good thing.
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“The Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now be cleaned,” announced Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat, the wonderkid inventor who has…
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1.6 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETERS OF GARBAGE IN…
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is larger than France, 16 times bigger than originally thought. Our addiction to plastic is…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major plastic accumulation zone located between California and Hawaii, is growing at a rate…
The ocean is flooded with plastic.
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Forskere har fisket etter digre mengder plast, men hvor mye har de funnet?
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Científicos descubren que es entre 4 y 16 veces mayor
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Plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is out of control as a new study finds the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now three…
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The sprawling Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) not only is the largest plastic accumulation zone on Earth but also is…
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