SINGAPORE — A new study has found that the amount of plastic entering the ocean is lower than previously estimated by scientists, but the volume floating on the water surface is much higher than ...

A group of scientists analyzing global data collected over the past four decades have found a "rapid increase" in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to a research article published in ...

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In 2010, eight million tons of plastic trash ended up in the ocean from coastal countries—far more than the total that has been measured floating on the surface in the ocean's "garbage patches ...

There are 21,000 pieces of plastic in the ocean for each person on Earth. And plastic pollution has been doubling every six years. March 8, 2023 More than ...

Their study found that nearly 27% of the city's plastic goes unmanaged every year — around 70,000 tons of it, the Daily Sun ...

Plastic pollution can now be found everywhere on our planet, not just on beaches and floating in the ocean. Plastics have been found in the air, soil and water, in our food and even in our bodies ...

Plastic that enters the marine food chain can end up on our plates. ... According to an Ifremer study, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean’s surface.

Since that figure is a staggering 1 million metric tons (even though only 0.5% of the plastic we produce gets that far), according to The Ocean Cleanup, it will take massive movement from ...

According to an Ifremer study, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean's surface. These particles are found in all marine organisms—from microalgae to fish, which occupy ...