A Massive Floating Boom Is Supposed To Clean Up The Pacific. Can It Work?
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Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email A nearly 2,000-foot-long tube is towed offshore from San Francisco Bay on Saturday.
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We humans have deposited a huge amount of plastic in Earth's waters. There are now five garbage-filled gyres in the world's…
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Boyan Slat var bara 16 år när han blev övertygad om att något måste göras mot de enorma plastansamlingar som bildats i världshave…
The 600-metre unmanned structure is product of about $20m in funding from a non-profit that aims to trap up to 70 tonnes of…
A multimillion-dollar floating boom designed to corral plastic debris littering the Pacific Ocean deployed from San Francisco…
© Ocean Cleanup The innovative device will collect 5.5 tons of plastic waste each month.
Image A multimillion-dollar floating boom designed to corral plastic debris littering the Pacific Ocean deployed from San…
Scientists have launched the Ocean Cleanup – a 2,000-foot trash-catching tube that could get rid of half of the Great Pacific…
On Saturday a team led by 24-year-old Boyan Slat will haul a 600-meter boom system from San Francisco out to the Great Pacific…
On Saturday a team led by 24-year-old Boyan Slat will haul a 600-meter boom system from San Francisco out to the Great Pacific…
Boyan Slat in front of a prototype of the Ocean Cleanup off the Netherlands in June 2016.
This article was originally published by WIRED on Sept. 7, 2018. It was republished as part of climatedesk, a journalistic…
The days of the great Pacific garbage patch may be numbered. A highly anticipated project to scoop up plastic from the massive…
This weekend, a project of staggering ambition will sail past San Francisco and out to sea through the Golden Gate.
Plastic Nederlander Boyan Slat wil de oceanen schonen van de groeiende hoeveelheid plastic.
Question posée par human+ le 05/09/2018 Bonjour, Il existe cinq zones d’accumulation massive de plastique.
La acumulación de plástico es uno de las principales para la salud de nuestros océanos, como prueban las últimas estimaciones…
Viden 1. sep. 2018 kl. 19.31 Kopiér link Et ambitiøst oprydningsprojekt, hvor man på fem år vil forsøge at fjerne 50 procent af…
The Austin City Council passed a resolution Thursday encouraging local stores to keep honoring the city’s so-called bag ban.
Lebensmittel, Verpackungen, Elektroschrott, Plastik: Die Menschheit müllt sich zu.
The internet came alight after a recent news story about an ambitious plan to scoop up the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch…
Researchers retrieve a fishing net from the Pacific Ocean in 2015. The currents that move the world's oceans also gather…
Um die Ozeane vom Plastik zu befreien, arbeiten findige Köpfe an verschiedenen technischen Lösungen.
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B B ecoming the first man to swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo to San Francisco was never going to be easy.
Walt Disney Co. is joining the movement to save the Earth from its No. 1 evil. The plastic straw.
YouTube/Coca-Cola Straw bans alone won't solve anything. But maybe they're a start.
caption Straw bans alone won’t solve anything. But maybe they’re a start. source YouTube/Coca-Cola Earlier this month, Seattle…
Plastic straws are quickly becoming a takeout taboo. Starbucks has vowed to get its iconic green sippers completely off store…
YouTube/Coca-ColaStraw bans alone won’t solve anything. But maybe they’re a start.
Warning, some readers may find the images that follow upsetting The Western world is having a bit of a moment with plastic…
Warning, some readers may find the images that follow upsetting The Western world is having a bit of a moment with plastic…
The Seattle company has made a start. But the challenge is enormous, with few immediate monetary incentives in place for change.
Hard on the heels of banning plastic bags, states and cities are being pressed by environmentalists to eliminate another…
Image copyright Emily Penn Experienced sailor Emily Penn has set out with an all-female crew to investigate the world's largest…
Image copyright Emily Penn Experienced sailor Emily Penn has set out with an all-female crew to investigate the world's largest…
New York’s top cocktail bars are facing something of a crisis. A fashionable global protest movement has nightlife venues…
New York’s top cocktail bars are facing something of a crisis. A fashionable global protest movement has nightlife venues…
A decision expected soon from the state Supreme Court could hobble Austin's ability to regulate plastic bag litter and…
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New York’s top cocktail bars are facing something of a crisis. A fashionable global protest movement has nightlife venues…
OPINION: New York's top cocktail bars are facing something of a crisis. A fashionable global protest movement has nightlife…
Es gibt viel zu viel Plastik in den Weltmeeren — und das Problem wird immer größer.
New York’s top cocktail bars are facing something of a crisis. A fashionable global protest movement has nightlife venues…
By Adam Minter 12 June 2018 — 7:30pm Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size New York's top cocktail bars are…
World Oceans Day is held annually on June 8, and 2018's action focus is on preventing plastic pollution, which kills more than…
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Top image: Plastic fragments, including microplastics, are now ubiquitous on land, in freshwaters, and in the ocean.
Disposable plastic products such as cotton buds, straws, cups are being banned to banish the pollution scourge that’s…
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Müll, so weit das Auge reicht. Tüten, kaputte Fischernetze, Undefinierbares treiben in einem gigantischen Abfallteppich…
¿Planeta o plástico? La celebrada tapa de la revista National Geographic de la que habla el mundo - Infobae Con una…
太平洋に浮遊するプラスチック等のごみの量が急激に増え、その広がりはフランス面積の3倍にもおよぶことが 最新の論文 で報告された。 ごみが広がっている海域は「太平洋ゴミベルト」(The Great Pacific Garbage Patch、GPGP)と呼ばれ…
At some 35,700 feet beneath the ocean, there is a white plastic bag lying in the sand at the deepest ocean depths, in the…
At some 35,700 feet beneath the ocean, there is a white plastic bag lying in the sand at the deepest ocean depths, in the…
On beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the wider Caribbean, one of nature’s great seasonal events is underway.
Think you know a thing or two about pollution? Plastic trash floating in our oceans and waterways is a serious problem facing…
Home Biology Other May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 by Daniel Bojar, Public Library of Science On April 2010, the Gulf of Mexico turned…
A Kemp’s ridley hatchling makes its way to the water on Padre Island, Texas. Image via Terry Ross/Flickr.
This article originally appeared on the Conversation. On beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the wider Caribbean…
This article originally appeared on the Conversation. On beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the wider Caribbean…
Home Biology Ecology April 25, 2018 April 25, 2018 by Pamela T. Plotkin, The Conversation On beaches from North Carolina to…
On beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the wider Caribbean, one of nature’s great seasonal events is underway.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pamela T.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pamela T.
Pamela T. Plotkin, Texas A
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Científicos del Ocean Cleanup Company se están preparando para abordar la Gran Mancha de Basura del Pacífico, una extensión de…
Vai ser experimentado pela primeira vez um sistema que promete limpar a maior mancha de plástico no mar - são quase 80 mil…
In the Pacific Ocean halfway between California and Hawaii lies what's become known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a huge…
In the Pacific Ocean halfway between California and Hawaii lies what’s become known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a huge…
Pamela FriedmanThe theme for the 48th Earth Day is ending plastic pollution. The main concern of the Earth Day Network is the…
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On Wednesday, among the industrial warehouses and abandoned buildings on Alameda Island, just south of Oakland, California, a…
Il problema della plastica nei mari di tutto il mondo, e in particolare nell'Oceano Pacifico è sempre più pressante.
| Lesedauer: 2 Minuten Fünf Tage lang keinen Plastikmüll produzieren – geht das? Tiere verenden qualvoll an unserem Plastikmüll.
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Imagine trillions of pieces of plastic debris that, if strung together end to end, would line every inch of coastline in the…
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A 10-year-old boy who was cleaning up the beach was left shocked when he discovered a bag of chips from the 1980's.
News 22.03.2018 Drucken Umweltverschmutzung Das Ausmaß der Plastikmüllverschmutzung in den Meeren ist schwer zu schätzen.
Ученые обнаружили 29 килограммов пластика в желудке мертвого кашалота, которого вынесло волнами на берег Испании.
Officials in Spain on Wednesday released information regarding a dead whale that in February washed ashore with a stomach full…