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Groundbreaking Study: 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic Floating in Worlds Oceans
2014-12-11 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Youve probably heard of the 5 Gyres, those huge deposits of plastic found in rotating masses in the worlds oceans. Now a new study released yesterday by the 5 Gyres Institute provides the first comprehensive estimate of how much plastic there actually is in the worlds oceans. It found that plastic was not just confined to the gyres, but was widely dispersed throughout the oceans. The report was compiled from information gathered during 24 expeditions from 2007-2013. The estimate concludes that...
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Study: over 5 trillion pieces of plastic now in the ocean
2014-12-11 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Researchers have measured how much plastic is now in the oceans and the findings show how huge the scale of the problem is. It is estimated that there are over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, ranging in size, in the oceans, collectively weighing 269,000 tons. The findings, which were collected by scientists from the US, France, Chile, Australia and New Zealand, have been published in the journal PLOS One. The research was conducted by collecting plastic with nets whilst on ships or observing from...
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Plastic Additive serves as chain extender and crosslinker.
2014-12-11 14:30:49| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
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269,000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans
2014-12-11 00:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: There are plastic shopping bags, bottles, toys, action figures, bottle caps, pacifiers, tooth brushes, boots, buckets, deodorant roller balls, umbrella handles, fishing gear, toilet seats and so much more. Plastic pollution is pervasive in Earth's oceans. Researchers unveiled on Wednesday what they called the most scientifically rigorous estimate to date of the amount of plastic litter in the oceans - about 269,000 tons - based on data from 24 ship expeditions around the globe over six years....
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Over five trillion pieces plastic floating world's oceans, say scientists
2014-12-11 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: There are an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the worlds oceans, weighing a total of nearly 270,000 tons, according to a new study. Plastic has spread throughout all the world's oceans with as much in the southern hemisphere as the northern, the researchers said, adding that this was surprising as more of it originates in the north. In an article for the Plos One journal, they said the figures were highly conservative and did not take into account the potentially...
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