In the 1980s, beach cleanups were envisaged as citizen science, aimed squarely at industrial pollution.
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New research shows that chemicals leached from ocean plastic impair the growth and oxygen production of the planet’s most abundant photosynthesiser - endangering marine ecosystems and the climate.
Plastic is not as much of a threat to oceans as climate change or over-fishing.
Research finds removing plastic from the ocean has huge economic benefits, even if there is little money to be made doing so.
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