Daily Mailflipped into Global NewsPollution Scientists call for a ban on single-use cigarette filters to stop them littering the globedailymail.co.uk - By MailOnline Reporter Experts have called for the sale of filtered cigarettes to be banned to reduce the plastic pollution they cause. Trillions of cigarette butts are …
The Vergeflipped into The VergePlastic Hunting for microplastics in your seafoodThe Verge - Mary Beth GriggsWe live in a plastic-coated world. Sure, there are the obvious bits and pieces — the straws, the plastic bags, a seemingly never-ending stream of packaging — but a lot of the plastic in our lives is too
Snorkeling Dam Levels Drop, Water Consumption Rates Rise in South Africaallafrica.com As a water shortage ravages Barberton, Mpumalanga and water consumption rates in Cape Town exceed daily targets, officials have assured that Day Zero …
Future Tech & Leisureflipped into What's UpPlastic How dangerous is it for humans to ingest microplastics?Country Living - Emma-Louise Pritchard We know for a fact that microplastics have made their way into the food chain and we are now ingesting them on a regular, if not daily, basis. But …
The New Zealand Heraldflipped into New Zealand NewsNew Zealand News Fish being fed plastics in NZ pollution studynzherald.co.nz - Jamie Morton Scientists are learning about how broken down plastics affect fish – by feeding it to them. Microplastics, one of the world's most pervasive …
Plastic New technique can show link between prey and microplasticsphys.org - University of Abertay Dundee Scientists have developed a new method to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey. …
Birmingham, UK Young waste warriors in Warwick bag £500 for causeleamingtonobserver.co.uk - Catherine Thompson YOUNG waste warriors in Warwick have bagged £500 to invest in tackling needless plastic in their school after being crowned winners of a …
Pollution UVU Column: UVU studies miniscule plastics in and around Utah Lakeheraldextra.com - Barbara Christiansen UVU Humans may be eating or drinking minute particles of plastic and scientists across the world have begun measuring the amount of those particles. One …
The Arctic The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of October 14,...thearcticinstitute.org - Isabelle Lao The World’s Largest Polar Expedition is Being Threatened by Thin Ice Mosaic is the first expedition of its kind, in which a team of scientists will …
Pollution A marine mammal toxicologist weighs in on the microplastics crisiscanadiangeographic.ca Peter Ross is vice-president of research at Ocean Wise, a global conservation organization headquartered at the Vancouver Aquarium, and the executive …
Mic Newsflipped into InnovationInnovation Microplastic pollution is everywhere. How concerned do we need to be?Mic News - Brittany Vincent Take a deep breath. Go on, exhale the pain of the day away. Now inhale. Feels good, right? Your lungs are filling with air, you're revitalized. Time …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoSustainability Brits are not shopping sustainably for their tech | ITProPortalitproportal.com - Sead Fadilpašić Despite the constant warnings about global warming, pollution and the destruction of the environment, and the calls being made all over the world for …
Michael Ritterflipped into The Physical Environment TodaySea Ice Tracing the journey of microplastics in the Arcticphys.org - Nancy Bazilchuk By now it's well established that microplastics are a problem in the environment, even in the remotest parts of the planet. But where do different …
Coveteurflipped into LivingTea Research Shows Tea Bags Might Contain Billions of Microplastic ParticlesCoveteur - Bibi Deitz Tea bags are passé—and might be leeching microplastics into your brew. When you make tea, you boil some water, pull a bag from a little cardboard box, …
The Sunflipped into SportPlastic Lewis Hamilton says he feels like ‘giving up on everything’ in cryptic post that has fans fearing for the F1 sthesun.co.uk - John Hutchinson LEWIS HAMILTON has posted that he feels like "giving up on everything" in a cryptic social media post that has left his fans beside themselves with …
Michaela Bflipped into Causes Pollution The Ocean Cleanup Device in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Finally Workingglobalcitizen.org - By Joe McCarthy and Erica Sanchez “This now gives us sufficient confidence in the general concept to keep going on this project.” In addition to sullying the beauty of the ocean, …
Louise Sharmanflipped into Twitching The World n OzzPollution What You Need to Know About the Global Epidemic of Ocean Plastic Pollutionglobalcitizen.org - By Joe McCarthy It gets worse each year, but there are clear solutions. Plastic pollution causes extensive harm to marine life and ultimately endangers the health and …
Plastic Tiny Turtle Dies After Eating 104 Pieces of Plastic in South Floridaweather.com The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, Florida, says a tiny turtle that died from consuming 104 pieces of plastic is just one of many that …
The Mercury Newsflipped into California NewsMonterey Bay Aquarium Scientists piece together microplastics problem in Monterey BayThe Mercury News - Erin Malsbury MONTEREY — A recent study concluded that an estimated seven trillion pieces of microplastic flow with stormwater into the San Francisco Bay each …
angela Lancasterflipped into Clean EarthWorms Microplastics: Why plastic is causing big problems for worms - CBBC Newsroundbbc.co.ukA new scientific study has shown that microplastics in soil can be harmful to worms. The study by Anglia Ruskin University showed that tiny pieces of plastic cause the worms to lose weight. Scientists
Michaela Bflipped into Causes Plastic Microplastics are turning up in surprising places more and moreInverse - Rebecca Dzombak So what can be done? When I started my garden last year, I was excited to start digging into the soil at my new home, to pull weeds and plant …
Falconflipped into Personal Care, Health & GrowthPlastic Microplastics: Seeking the 'plastic score' of the food on our platesBBC News - Helen BriggsMicroplastics are found everywhere on Earth, yet we know surprisingly little about what risks they pose to living things. Scientists are now racing to investigate some of the big unanswered questions.
Vancouver Aquarium Canada’s only marine mammal toxicologist weighs in on the microplastics crisiscanadiangeographic.ca - Canadian Geographic Peter Ross in the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre analyzing water samples. (Photo: Steven Hargreaves)Peter Ross is vice-president of …
The Independentflipped into EnvironmentEnvironment Sunlight can degrade polystyrene in just decades, rather than thousands of years, study findsindependent.co.uk - Phoebe Weston Polystyrene degrades much faster than previously thought – breaking down in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, a study has …
World Economic ForumPlastic These infographics show how plastics end up on the ocean floorweforum.org - Hannah Ritchie The world now produces more than 380 million tonnes of plastic every year, which could end up as pollutants, entering our natural environment and …
Carmen chicaflipped into Health Mindfulness And Wellness :)Plastic How to Avoid Ingesting MicroplasticsLifehacker Microscopic bits of plastic are everywhere. They’re in the oceans, being eaten by marine life. They’re in bottled water, having detached from the …
The Arctic Russian Scientists Find Microplastics Along ‘Entire’ Arctic Sea Routethemoscowtimes.com - www.themoscowtimes.com Dramatic climate changes are currently happening along the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane that the Kremlin sees as a top priority.
Padraigflipped into Health, Wellness And Fitness.Tea 5 Plastic-Free UK Tea Brands You Should Know AboutBustle - Niellah Arboine Whether its Earl Grey or a strong builders, there’s nothing that screams British culture quite like a good cup of tea. But not all tea bags are …
Ericflipped into Global Depletion Microfiber Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your PitchforksWIRED - Condé Nast Without synthetic, plasticky fabrics, we’d have no yoga pants for yoga-ing, no stretchy socks, no water-wicking sweatshirts. We may wear these …
Metroflipped into UK NewsClimate Forget camping on bridges – these women are the real climate heroesmetro.co.uk - Zoe Drewett As thousands take to streets with Extinction Rebellion this week to demand action on climate change, a crew of 300 women are setting sail on a two …
