#plastic-pollution — Public Fediverse posts

#ReduceToxicWaste♻️🚫☣️⚠️
#FastFashionPollution 👕🧣🧦👗🩲👙👚👠🩴
#StopAnimalCruelty 🦝🐁🐇🐕🦊🐻
#plasticpollution 🍴🥢👛🪭🩰📿🩲🦺👓🎈🩴💉
#ToxicPollutingChemicals ⚠️🚫🚱
#ToxicAirPollution 🚫
#WaterConservation 💧💧💧
#PFASpollution
#StopWasteExports 🚮🧦👖👕🥛🫗🍼🧃⚠️☣️
#UpcycleRepaireRecycle ♻️🧦🥼👖🧣🧥👜🥿
#ReduceOverConsumption 🛍🛒🍼🌾🥡🧃🥤⚠️

#ReduceToxicWaste♻️🚫☣️⚠️
#FastFashionPollution 👕🧣🧦👗🩲👙👚👠🩴
#StopAnimalCruelty 🦝🐁🐇🐕🦊🐻
#plasticpollution 🍴🥢👛🪭🩰📿🩲🦺👓🎈🩴💉
#ToxicPollutingChemicals ⚠️🚫🚱
#ToxicAirPollution 🚫
#WaterConservation 💧💧💧
#PFASpollution
#StopWasteExports 🚮🧦👖👕🥛🫗🍼🧃⚠️☣️
#UpcycleRepaireRecycle ♻️🧦🥼👖🧣🧥👜🥿
#ReduceOverConsumption 🛍🛒🍼🌾🥡🧃🥤⚠️

#ReduceToxicWaste♻️🚫☣️⚠️
#FastFashionPollution 👕🧣🧦👗🩲👙👚👠🩴
#StopAnimalCruelty 🦝🐁🐇🐕🦊🐻
#plasticpollution 🍴🥢👛🪭🩰📿🩲🦺👓🎈🩴💉
#ToxicPollutingChemicals ⚠️🚫🚱
#ToxicAirPollution 🚫
#WaterConservation 💧💧💧
#PFASpollution
#StopWasteExports 🚮🧦👖👕🥛🫗🍼🧃⚠️☣️
#UpcycleRepaireRecycle ♻️🧦🥼👖🧣🧥👜🥿
#ReduceOverConsumption 🛍🛒🍼🌾🥡🧃🥤⚠️

#ReduceToxicWaste♻️🚫☣️⚠️
#FastFashionPollution 👕🧣🧦👗🩲👙👚👠🩴
#StopAnimalCruelty 🦝🐁🐇🐕🦊🐻
#plasticpollution 🍴🥢👛🪭🩰📿🩲🦺👓🎈🩴💉
#ToxicPollutingChemicals ⚠️🚫🚱
#ToxicAirPollution 🚫
#WaterConservation 💧💧💧
#PFASpollution
#StopWasteExports 🚮🧦👖👕🥛🫗🍼🧃⚠️☣️
#UpcycleRepaireRecycle ♻️🧦🥼👖🧣🧥👜🥿
#ReduceOverConsumption 🛍🛒🍼🌾🥡🧃🥤⚠️

Why The #Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the #PlasticPollution Crisis. In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted major test of technology designed to remove plastic #pollution from the water. It appeared to work, the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success. But some #scientists noticed something else among accumulated plastic in Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos - very damaging catch and kill of floating #marine life trapped in the plastic. #environment https://www.llrx.com/2026/07/why-the-ocean-cleanup-hasnt-solved-the-plastic-pollution-crisis/

Why The #Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the #PlasticPollution Crisis. In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted major test of technology designed to remove plastic #pollution from the water. It appeared to work, the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success. But some #scientists noticed something else among accumulated plastic in Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos - very damaging catch and kill of floating #marine life trapped in the plastic. #environment https://www.llrx.com/2026/07/why-the-ocean-cleanup-hasnt-solved-the-plastic-pollution-crisis/

Why The #Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the #PlasticPollution Crisis. In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted major test of technology designed to remove plastic #pollution from the water. It appeared to work, the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success. But some #scientists noticed something else among accumulated plastic in Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos - very damaging catch and kill of floating #marine life trapped in the plastic. #environment https://www.llrx.com/2026/07/why-the-ocean-cleanup-hasnt-solved-the-plastic-pollution-crisis/

Why The #Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the #PlasticPollution Crisis. In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted major test of technology designed to remove plastic #pollution from the water. It appeared to work, the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success. But some #scientists noticed something else among accumulated plastic in Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos - very damaging catch and kill of floating #marine life trapped in the plastic. #environment https://www.llrx.com/2026/07/why-the-ocean-cleanup-hasnt-solved-the-plastic-pollution-crisis/

Why The #Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the #PlasticPollution Crisis. In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted major test of technology designed to remove plastic #pollution from the water. It appeared to work, the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success. But some #scientists noticed something else among accumulated plastic in Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos - very damaging catch and kill of floating #marine life trapped in the plastic. #environment https://www.llrx.com/2026/07/why-the-ocean-cleanup-hasnt-solved-the-plastic-pollution-crisis/

Microplastic tire pollution found in Brisbane balcony dust https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastic-pollution-brisbane-balcony.html

#Brisbane #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #tires

Microplastic tire pollution found in Brisbane balcony dust https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastic-pollution-brisbane-balcony.html

#Brisbane #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #tires

Microplastic tire pollution found in Brisbane balcony dust https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastic-pollution-brisbane-balcony.html

#Brisbane #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #tires

Microplastic tire pollution found in Brisbane balcony dust https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastic-pollution-brisbane-balcony.html

#Brisbane #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #tires

Microplastic tire pollution found in Brisbane balcony dust https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastic-pollution-brisbane-balcony.html

#Brisbane #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #tires

#Servicetweet #News #Umwelt #Environment #Chemie #Chemistry #PlastikKatastrophe #PlasticPollution
🚨 Eine bislang unterschätzte Gefahr des Nanoplastiks ⚠️
🚨 Freisetzung eines Krebsgifts in Wolken unter Sonnenlichteinstrahlung
https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/nanoplastik-setzt-in-wolken-unter-sonnenlicht-ein-krebsgift-frei-133711671 1/x

#Servicetweet #News #Umwelt #Environment #Chemie #Chemistry #PlastikKatastrophe #PlasticPollution
🚨 Eine bislang unterschätzte Gefahr des Nanoplastiks ⚠️
🚨 Freisetzung eines Krebsgifts in Wolken unter Sonnenlichteinstrahlung
https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/nanoplastik-setzt-in-wolken-unter-sonnenlicht-ein-krebsgift-frei-133711671 1/x

#Servicetweet #News #Umwelt #Environment #Chemie #Chemistry #PlastikKatastrophe #PlasticPollution
🚨 Eine bislang unterschätzte Gefahr des Nanoplastiks ⚠️
🚨 Freisetzung eines Krebsgifts in Wolken unter Sonnenlichteinstrahlung
https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/nanoplastik-setzt-in-wolken-unter-sonnenlicht-ein-krebsgift-frei-133711671 1/x

#Servicetweet #News #Umwelt #Environment #Chemie #Chemistry #PlastikKatastrophe #PlasticPollution
🚨 Eine bislang unterschätzte Gefahr des Nanoplastiks ⚠️
🚨 Freisetzung eines Krebsgifts in Wolken unter Sonnenlichteinstrahlung
https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/nanoplastik-setzt-in-wolken-unter-sonnenlicht-ein-krebsgift-frei-133711671 1/x

#Servicetweet #News #Umwelt #Environment #Chemie #Chemistry #PlastikKatastrophe #PlasticPollution
🚨 Eine bislang unterschätzte Gefahr des Nanoplastiks ⚠️
🚨 Freisetzung eines Krebsgifts in Wolken unter Sonnenlichteinstrahlung
https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/umwelt/nanoplastik-setzt-in-wolken-unter-sonnenlicht-ein-krebsgift-frei-133711671 1/x

https://www.europesays.com/ie/603287/ Ocean microplastics carry ‘memory’ of their movement, study finds #Éire #HeriotWattUniversity #IE #Ireland #MarineEcosystems #MarinePlasticPollution #memory #MemoryEffects #microplastics #PlasticPollution #Technology

Using Plastic Bottles to Reduce Dolphin Bycatch in Fishing Nets

📰 Original title: Scientists tied plastic bottles to fishing nets – and couldn't believe what happened next…

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/using-plastic-bottles-to-reduce-dolphin-bycatch-in-fishing-nets.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#environment #plasticpollution #dolphinconservation #fishingnets

Using Plastic Bottles to Reduce Dolphin Bycatch in Fishing Nets

📰 Original title: Scientists tied plastic bottles to fishing nets – and couldn't believe what happened next…

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/using-plastic-bottles-to-reduce-dolphin-bycatch-in-fishing-nets.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#environment #plasticpollution #dolphinconservation #fishingnets

Using Plastic Bottles to Reduce Dolphin Bycatch in Fishing Nets

📰 Original title: Scientists tied plastic bottles to fishing nets – and couldn't believe what happened next…

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/using-plastic-bottles-to-reduce-dolphin-bycatch-in-fishing-nets.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#environment #plasticpollution #dolphinconservation #fishingnets

Tiny plastics in drinking water may be making dangerous bacteria stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225532.htm

#environment #water #DrinkingWater #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #bacteria

Tiny plastics in drinking water may be making dangerous bacteria stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225532.htm

#environment #water #DrinkingWater #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #bacteria

Tiny plastics in drinking water may be making dangerous bacteria stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225532.htm

#environment #water #DrinkingWater #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #bacteria

Tiny plastics in drinking water may be making dangerous bacteria stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225532.htm

#environment #water #DrinkingWater #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #bacteria

Tiny plastics in drinking water may be making dangerous bacteria stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225532.htm

#environment #water #DrinkingWater #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution #bacteria

From rivers to mangroves, microplastics are contaminating the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/from-rivers-to-mangroves-microplastics-are-contaminating-the-amazon/

#Amazon #environment #waters #rivers #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

From rivers to mangroves, microplastics are contaminating the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/from-rivers-to-mangroves-microplastics-are-contaminating-the-amazon/

#Amazon #environment #waters #rivers #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

From rivers to mangroves, microplastics are contaminating the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/from-rivers-to-mangroves-microplastics-are-contaminating-the-amazon/

#Amazon #environment #waters #rivers #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

From rivers to mangroves, microplastics are contaminating the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/from-rivers-to-mangroves-microplastics-are-contaminating-the-amazon/

#Amazon #environment #waters #rivers #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

From rivers to mangroves, microplastics are contaminating the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/from-rivers-to-mangroves-microplastics-are-contaminating-the-amazon/

#Amazon #environment #waters #rivers #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

Cycling: Heart of gold as Charline spearheads clean ocean campaign

PETALING JAYA: Former Team Scotland cyclist and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Charline Jones (pic) has led more than…
#NewsBeep #News #Cycling #AU #Australia #CleanOceansPlasticsCampaign #CommonwealthGames #CommonwealthSport #cyclist #environmentalcharity #Glasgow #King'sBatonRelay #plasticpick-up #plasticpollution #RiverClyde #sports
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/817836/

Cycling: Heart of gold as Charline spearheads clean ocean campaign

PETALING JAYA: Former Team Scotland cyclist and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Charline Jones (pic) has led more than…
#NewsBeep #News #Cycling #AU #Australia #CleanOceansPlasticsCampaign #CommonwealthGames #CommonwealthSport #cyclist #environmentalcharity #Glasgow #King'sBatonRelay #plasticpick-up #plasticpollution #RiverClyde #sports
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/817836/

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastics-meters-ocean-surface.html

#ocean #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastics-meters-ocean-surface.html

#ocean #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastics-meters-ocean-surface.html

#ocean #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastics-meters-ocean-surface.html

#ocean #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-07-microplastics-meters-ocean-surface.html

#ocean #environment #plastic #microplastics #PlasticPollution

#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026

Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771

#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026

Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771

#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026

Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771

#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026

Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771

#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026

Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771

#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Do patients who suffer heart attack have more micro and nanoplastic in their blood? New study assessed
#Health #HeartHealth #HeartAttack #Science #Tobacco #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Environment #Pollution #AirPollution #PlasticPollution #Smoking
https://the-14.com/do-patients-who-suffer-heart-attack-have-more-micro-and-nanoplastic-in-their-blood-new-study-assessed/

Do patients who suffer heart attack have more micro and nanoplastic in their blood? New study assessed
#Health #HeartHealth #HeartAttack #Science #Tobacco #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Environment #Pollution #AirPollution #PlasticPollution #Smoking
https://the-14.com/do-patients-who-suffer-heart-attack-have-more-micro-and-nanoplastic-in-their-blood-new-study-assessed/

Do patients who suffer heart attack have more micro and nanoplastic in their blood? New study assessed
#Health #HeartHealth #HeartAttack #Science #Tobacco #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Environment #Pollution #AirPollution #PlasticPollution #Smoking
https://the-14.com/do-patients-who-suffer-heart-attack-have-more-micro-and-nanoplastic-in-their-blood-new-study-assessed/

Do patients who suffer heart attack have more micro and nanoplastic in their blood? New study assessed
#Health #HeartHealth #HeartAttack #Science #Tobacco #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Environment #Pollution #AirPollution #PlasticPollution #Smoking
https://the-14.com/do-patients-who-suffer-heart-attack-have-more-micro-and-nanoplastic-in-their-blood-new-study-assessed/

Do patients who suffer heart attack have more micro and nanoplastic in their blood? New study assessed
#Health #HeartHealth #HeartAttack #Science #Tobacco #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Environment #Pollution #AirPollution #PlasticPollution #Smoking
https://the-14.com/do-patients-who-suffer-heart-attack-have-more-micro-and-nanoplastic-in-their-blood-new-study-assessed/

This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution

Power Shift is Ellyn Lapointe’s ongoing Gizmodo series that explores advancements in green technology, with a focus on…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Chemistry #hydrogen #plasticpollution #PowerShift #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/770259/

This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution

Power Shift is Ellyn Lapointe’s ongoing Gizmodo series that explores advancements in green technology, with a focus on…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Chemistry #hydrogen #plasticpollution #PowerShift #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/770259/

Microplastics have reached one of Earth’s most isolated ecosystems: Indian Ocean animals carried up to 14.7 times more particles than Pacific specimens

Life on Earth isn’t just …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #deepsearesearch #hydrothermalvents #IndianOcean #IndianOceanecosystems #KoreaInstituteofOceanScienceandTechnology #KoreaResearchInstituteofBioscienceandBiotechnology #Microplastics #pacificocean #plasticpollution
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/769985/

Science? What's that?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/735162/no-expert-evidence-court-ruling-on-plastic-fuel-plant-stuns-environment-waste-group
#plasticPollution #evidence #science

Science? What's that?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/735162/no-expert-evidence-court-ruling-on-plastic-fuel-plant-stuns-environment-waste-group
#plasticPollution #evidence #science