Researchers found that small sea creatures exist in equal number with pieces of plastic in parts of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which could have implications for cleaning up ocean pollution.
Tag: Water Pollution
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Descending Into Florida’s Underwater Caves
The world’s densest collection of freshwater springs is at the center of a slow-motion environmental tragedy.
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Trying Everything, Even Lettuce, to Save Florida’s Beloved Manatees
Pollution has killed the sea grass that manatees feed on, and they are starving to death in large numbers. Extraordinary intervention may not be enough to protect them.
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In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics
Tiny bits of plastic have infiltrated the deep sea’s main food source and could alter the ocean’s role in one of Earth’s ancient cooling processes, scientists say.