#garbagepatch — Public Fediverse posts
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪸🧴 Coastal #invertebrates are colonizing #plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, thousands of kilometers from shore.
Reproductive populations were found across 105 debris samples collected between 2018 and 2019. The study suggests plastics are creating a new kind of floating #habitat.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/coastal-animals-colonize-ocean-plastic/
#garbagepatch #pacific #ocean #pollution #marinebiology #biology #neopelagic #ecosystem #ecology #nature #science
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Is ja grad wieder #geschenke -Orgie gewesen, daher mal ein kleines "good2know" Reminder in Sachen Müll...und das auf den Grafiken basiert auf Zahlen aus dem Jahr 2018...
#Weihnachten #muellvermeidung #garbagepatch #deutschland -
Um die Flut an Plastikmüll einzudämmen, braucht es klare Regeln, sagt die Meeresbiologin Melanie Bergmann. Sie fordert, die Produktion zu deckeln und Inhaltsstoffe zu beschränken.#Plastik #Kunststoff #Plastikabkommen #Plastik-Abkommen #Kunststoffmüll #Plastikmüll #Umweltverschmutzung #Mikroplastik #Recycling #Müllstrudel #Nordpazifik #GarbagePatch #ErdeUmwelt
»Es muss zeitlich gebundene Reduktionsziele geben« -
I saw the sock with a gaping hole in it and dutifully carried it to my mother.
“Mom,” I said, interrupting her from reading her Good Housekeeping magazine. “This has a hole.”
Working five days a week while trying to keep five kids clothed and fed left her exhausted. She looked at me, then at the pile of clothes next to her chair.
“I don’t have time,” she sighed. “Just throw it away.”
It was the beginning of the end...
Read more...
https://vocal.media/earth/looking-back-on-50-years-local-dumps-socks-with-holes-and-garbage-patches
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive accumulation of plastic and other marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, is home to diverse and abundant marine life. A new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Ocean Wise Conservation Association found that the patch hosts more than 1,000 species of animals, including fish, turtles, seabirds, and whales.
#GarbagePatch #MarineLife #OceanConservation
https://www.upworthy.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-home-to-marine-life
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now home to dozen of coastal species, finds study
#ocean #nature #ecosystem #pacificgarbagepatch #garbagepatch