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07/15/2018 / By Edsel Cook

U.K. scientists call on public to help track and map plastic pollution on local beaches

Britain’s coastlines are so polluted with plastics that researchers have turned to the public for assistance. An online interactive map of the U.K. will allow anyone to identify and map plastic garbage found on local beaches, reported The Guardian. Researchers from the British Science Association (BSA) cooperated with members of the charity The Plastic Tide […]

05/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Starting small: Environmentalists call for bans on plastic straws to reduce environmental pollution

Environmentalists around the world are aware that banning plastic straws and stirrers will only reduce the world’s plastic pollution by a small margin. An article in the Associated Press states they are willing to start with those small items as a symbol of greater reductions to come. Faced with Mexico-sized islands of plastic pollution adrift […]

11/07/2017 / By Russel Davis

One MORE problem with the plastic in the oceans: It acts as a raft, transporting predators to new habitats

Scientists have recently warned that plastics and debris washed into the sea may bring more than garbage to wherever they eventually end up. According to experts, plastics and debris may carry with them predatory marine life that may very well invade new territories. Researchers said dangerous marine animals — such as fish, mussels, and jellyfish relatives — may attach […]

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