Cleanup is needed to mitigate ecological, economic and social impacts of plastic pollution now and in the future.
- Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
De nouvelles recherches estiment qu’environ 60 tonnes de déchets plastiques jetés dans l’océan se retrouvent dans le corps des femelles tortues vertes.
De nouvelles recherches estiment que les tortues vertes femelles abritent, à elles seules, six tonnes de déchets plastiques.
New research estimates that approximately 60 tonnes of plastic debris discarded in the ocean reside within female green turtles at any given time.
A global treaty on plastic pollution must incentivize a take-make-reuse waste management system and include quantitative targets based on geography-specific emissions.
De nombreuses études montrent que les microplastiques ont des effets négatifs importants sur la faune aquatique, mais d'autres n'en révèlent pas.
Many studies find microplastics have important negative effects on animals, but others don’t.
Without action, the amount of plastic waste produced globally could reach as much as 265 million tonnes per year by 2060.
Ocean plastic has gained notoriety, but we’re starting to realize that microplastics pollute our freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems too.
Four scientists talk through the ways they now build outreach into their work as a way to spread their research’s impact – something that wasn’t the norm for past generations of academics.
California is the latest state to attempt to ban microplastics from consumer care products. Why these commonly used microbeads are causing major health and environmental problems.
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