Collaborate Disseminate
When you see plastic trash washed up on the shore, don’t you wish there was something you could do? Besides just picking it up, that is? Well, a new app may soon be able to determine where that garbage came from, so action can be taken.Continue Reading… Continue reading Norwegian app designed to sleuth out sources of sea plastic pollution
As millions of tons of plastic wash into the ocean everyday, scientists have their work cut out for them in trying to keep tabs on its whereabouts, but they may soon have a useful new tool at the their disposal. Researchers at the University of Barcelo… Continue reading Artificial intelligence software detects ocean plastics from the air
A group of scientists studying the flow of plastic into the ocean have found a startling amount of pollution exiting South Asia’s largest river systems. The scientists calculated that the Ganges and two nearby waterways are responsible for pumping as m… Continue reading Ganges river carrying billions of plastic particles into ocean each day
Although cleaning up the humungous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a daunting concept, removing trash from local waterways is much more feasible … and that’s exactly what the Clearbot robot is designed to do.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, Scienc… Continue reading Autonomous aquatic robot goes after garbage
Recent studies have shown just how far plastic pollution can travel when it is broken down into tiny fragments, with these so-called microplastics turning up everywhere from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and in human stool all around the world. A new st… Continue reading Aerosol samples above the ocean reveal microplastics spread by the wind
We know that tons of plastic waste washes into the ocean each year, but what we don’t know all that much about is what happens to it once it gets there. A new study as shone a light on the role deep-sea trenches can play in the movement of plastic poll… Continue reading Sediment samples show how deep-sea trenches can act as “plastic traps”
Though The Ocean Cleanup is already removing plastic waste from oceans and turning it into consumer products, the non-profit also has a small number of river vessels tackling the pollution problem at its source. Now the organization is ramping up produ… Continue reading Ocean Cleanup gets ready to tackle world’s most polluting rivers
The more we know about the problem of plastic pollution, the better we’ll be able to intervene and clean up, or even prevent, the mess. That includes understanding the way it moves through the marine environment, and a new study has shed further light … Continue reading Tagged plastic bottles reveal the path of plastic through the ocean
As part of its mission to tackle plastic pollution in the marine environment, The Ocean Cleanup project plans to sell goods made from the waste it recovers to fund its ongoing operations, and has just unveiled its very first product. Each pair of Ocean… Continue reading Ocean Cleanup debuts its first sunglasses made from plastic waste
How we go about cleaning up the mass of plastic pollution in the ocean is a mind-bogglingly difficult question, and one that will take a range of innovative approaches to solve. A new study has cast doubt over one of the more publicized solutions in fl… Continue reading Floating booms could only clean up 5% of plastic on the ocean surface