13 Artists Who Turned Ocean Trash Into Amazing Art

Today is World Oceans Day, “a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future.” This year’s focus is ...
NPR

Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...
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How Plastic Pollution Is Pushing Oceans and Marine Animals Toward Collapse

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...
WTSP

A baseball-sized amount of plastic can kill a manatee, new study finds

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — A newly released study from Ocean Conservancy is sounding a stark warning about the deadly impact plastic pollution is having on Florida’s most iconic marine life, finding that ...
Forbes

Plastic Pollution Is Reaching Sharks Before They Hatch

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how ...
Smithsonian Magazine

More Than 1,200 Marine Animal Species Eat Plastic. Ingesting Even a Tiny Amount Can Kill Them, a New Study Suggests

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...
Mongabay

First review of Amazon plastic pollution finds widespread contamination

Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ocean arrive there ...