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Tag: Microplastics

Book Review Plastic

Paper or plastic? Policies inspired by research to find a solution to plastic pollution

Paper or plastic? In a lot of grocery stores, this is an innocent question, but recently it’s become a controversial…
July 19, 2017July 17, 2017 Laura Zinke
Physical oceanography Plastic Pollution

The end of the line for ocean plastics

A team of researchers set out on an Expedition around the Arctic Ocean to prove what scientists have long suspected:…
May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Pollution

A Junkyard in the Belly of a Whale

A candy wrapper, plastic bags, car parts, packing materials, and fishing gear… it sounds like a list of things you…
October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 Carrie McDonough
Biology

Germ Stowaways: How Plastic Waste Has Become an Environment for Harmful Bacteria

For over 100 years, plastic has been integrated into our everyday lives. It has been used to make life better…
October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 Zak Kerrigan
Book Review

Finding Nemo was right: what you flush down the drain can impact ocean creatures

Microplastics + pharmaceuticals in your pee + increased temperatures = trouble for some fish
September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 Anna Robuck
Human impacts

Go Green for Earth Day!

Do Mother Nature a solid with these helpful tips & tricks to go green today!
April 22, 2016April 21, 2016 Brittney G. Borowiec
Human impacts

A Million Little Pieces….of plastic

Trillions of tiny plastic fragments are floating in the Earth’s ocean. These microplastics can attract organic pollutants, be ingested by…
April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Chemistry

Please Pass the Plastic

Tiny shards and fibers of plastic termed “microplastics” accumulate in seafood with unknown consequences for human health. Now, they’re turning…
December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 Carrie McDonough
Biology Human impacts Plastic Pollution

Plankton are eating plastic!

Zooplankton, the tiny animals that make up the base of marine food webs, are ingesting microplastics. Given the widespread abundance…
November 28, 2015 Sean Anderson
Plastic Pollution

Tiny plastic pieces accumulate in a huge marine filter-feeder

Scientists find microplastic pieces in the intestines of a baleen whale for the first time.
July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 Lis Henderson
Book Review Coral Human impacts Plastic Pollution

Corals consume microplastics! Talk about an unhealthy diet!

The dangerous diet fad among marine organisms is spreading! New study shows corals consume microplastics.
March 26, 2015September 4, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
Climate Change Human impacts Pollution

An accidental find: Large quantities of microplastics are in Arctic sea ice!

Multiyear sea ice formation in the Arctic Sea uptakes microplastics from seawater, effectively acting as a sink for these man-made…
August 21, 2014August 24, 2014 Kari St.Laurent
Pollution

Seafood? Yes! Plastics? No!

Seafood is an important part of people’s diets worldwide, so it is crucial to understand the presence of microplastics in…
July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 Caoxin Sun
Human impacts Pollution

How Much Garbage is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

There’s been a lot of news floating around about “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, the region of the Pacific Ocean…
May 9, 2014May 9, 2014 Carrie McDonough
Aquaculture Biology Chemistry Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Pollution

Increasing fiber in your diet… microplastic fibers, that is

Microplastics constitute the large majority of plastic pollution in our global oceans. Microplastic fibers are small fibers that might not…
April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 Erin Markham

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