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Articles on Ocean plastic pollution
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Ocean plastic has made a big splash, but there may be even more microplastic on land. The problem is that we have no idea exactly how much is in Australian soil, where it is, and what it’s doing.
The technology underlying Bitcoin is starting to spread its wings.
Cleaning up the oceans will require much better waste management in poorer countries.
Plastics and microplastics in the marine environment are one of the great cause célèbre of our era. Here’s what we know and don’t know.
Summer may have come to an official end, but the plastics from your bathers might still be at the beach!
Drink containers end up in the ocean at a truly alarming rate. Simply paying people a small amount to return them cuts that rate by nearly half.
Millions of tonnes of plastic garbage winds up in our oceans each year. Voluntary pledges haven’t worked. It’s time for Canada to advocate for an international plastics treaty.
Coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific have been deluged with an estimated 11.1 billion pieces of plastic waste, increasing the risk of coral disease more than 20-fold.
Plastics pose a major threat to seabirds and other animals, and most don’t ever break down - they just break up. Every piece of petrochemical-derived plastic ever made still exists on the planet.
Waste plastic affects marine life significantly but better education and recyclable plastics could go a long way in resolving this issue.
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO
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Regents' Professor of Art and Design, Georgia State University
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Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, University of Portsmouth
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CSIRO
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Research Scientist, Stanford University
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Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Heriot-Watt University
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Marine Socioecologist, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Fellow in Aquatic Ecology, Charles Darwin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University - Newark