Plastic Pollution and You, teaching kids about plastics Alex Bielfeld News10NBC Updated: September 21, 2022 - 5:13 AM Published: September 21, 2022 - 4:57 AM ...

Even though there are 6.5 million sea turtles left in the world, leatherback sea turtles are the most endangered creatures on earth because of the plastic bags.

The samples were submerged at a depth of 855 meters near Hatsushima Island, where deep-sea conditions, cold temperatures (3.6 °C), high salinity, and low dissolved oxygen levels make it hard for ...

How a Viral Video of a Sea Turtle Sparked Plastic Straw Bans For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life.

Aug. 7, 2023 The Latest There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists previously thought, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Researchers have found plastic and garbage in the middle of the ocean, hundreds of miles from shore. “Every piece of plastic we’ve ever used is still on our planet,” Crawley said.

Developmental toxicity of plastic leachates on the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Environmental Pollution, 2020; 115744 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115744 ...

They then simulated nearly 7.7 million bits of plastic distributed across the sea and tracked their virtual paths to depths as great as about half a mile. Their results suggested that the slower the ...

Read: Sea turtles are in much worse shape than previously thought Even if plastic pollution stopped tomorrow, turtles’ plastic problems would persist—though it’s difficult to say for how long.

Following a petition from young sisters Ella and and Caitlin McEwan, Burger King has agreed to do away with plastic toys in kids' meals.

With the explosion of single-use plastics as an alternative to glass bottles, sea glass may soon become harder to find, with less glass and more plastic in the supply chain.