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The United States’ major aquariums pledge to go plastic-free by 2020, showing one way to eliminate plastic from the industrial supply chain before it reaches the ocean.
The country is one of the top five ocean plastic polluters, but attitudes toward trash cleanup and inadequate waste-management systems haven’t kept pace with an explosion in plastic use.
Dr. Sherri Mason’s research reveals extensive contamination of freshwater ecosystems with microplastics, highlighting the link between freshwater and ocean plastic pollution.
Visited by millions of people, aquariums are in a unique position to help fight overfishing and plastic pollution, says Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
The discovery of microplastics in deep water means scientists may have underestimated the extent to which plastic trash is contaminating the ocean – and its impact on fish, marine mammals and seabed dwellers.
A high-profile campaign aims to rid the ocean of plastic straws by persuading people to stop sucking on them. But are activists going after the right target?
Researchers are discovering a growing amount of plastic litter in the polar landscape and in the stomachs of marine birds. The trend is predicted to worsen as Arctic sea ice shrinks and shipping traffic increases, but slowing it will require a global effort.
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