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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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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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Full scale of plastic in the world's oceans revealed for first time
2014-12-10 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than five trillion pieces of plastic, collectively weighing nearly 269,000 tonnes, are floating in the worlds oceans, causing damage throughout the food chain, new research has found. Data collected by scientists from the US, France, Chile, Australia and New Zealand suggests a minimum of 5.25tn plastic particles in the oceans, most of them micro plastics measuring less than 5mm. The volume of plastic pieces, largely deriving from products such as food and drink packaging and clothing,...
This year may be warmest on record as oceans heat up-WMO
2014-12-03 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: This year is on track to be the hottest on record, or at least among the very warmest, the United Nations said on Wednesday in new evidence of long-term warming that adds urgency to 190-nation talks under way in Lima on slowing climate change. Including this year, 14 of the 15 most sweltering years on record will have been in the 21st century, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization said of the findings presented during the Dec. 1-12 climate negotiations in Peru. "There is no standstill...
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