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Mar 8, 2023 · More than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world's oceans, according to scientists. Plastic kills fish and sea animals and takes hundreds of years to...
Mar 26, 2013 · By tackling 1000 rivers around the world, we can halt 80% of riverine pollution reaching our oceans. Our aim is to remove 90 % of floating ocean plastic by 2040. With your help we can work towards a future where plastic no longer pollutes our oceans.
Sep 15, 2021 · Our analysis shows that hotspots (defined as areas in the top 20% of debris density) are not just clustered in one country or one part of the world; they occur in nearly every country and region.
The world's biggest area of accumulated ocean plastic, commonly dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch", is located in the North Pacific Ocean. Containing a huge build-up of plastic debris...
Nov 23, 2017 · The plastics in the ocean can remain as recognisable objects – fishing nets, plastic bottles, bags – but much of it mechanically breaks down to small particles, many a fraction of a millimetre across, which explains the large numbers involved.
- Simon Boxall
The numbers are staggering: There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea.
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Dec 3, 2021 · About 8 million tons of plastic flow from rivers and beaches into the ocean every year. These plastics are carried by ocean currents and broken down by waves and the Sun into small microplastics. Much of it floats at the calm center of circular ocean currents (called gyres) in large garbage patches.
