ZME Science on MSN6d
New Satellite Index Tracks Coastal Plastic Pollution with Pinpoint Precision
Plastic pollution along coastlines is an environmental nightmare. Each year, millions of tons of plastic wash up on beaches ...
IFLScience on MSN7d
Plastic On Beaches Can Now Be Seen From Space With New Satellite Technology
A new satellite imagery technique allows scientists to see plastic on beaches from space. The technique can identify ...
New Satellite Tech Tracks Plastic on Beaches, Helping Clean-Up Efforts Go Remote
A satellite imagery tool from RMIT University now allows for the effective detection of beach plastics, aiding cleanup ...
ABC Business on MSN12d
New satellite tool scans for plastic pollution on beaches from over 600 kilometres above Earth
Satellites have long been used to track plastic in the ocean but have struggled to accurately spot pollution against a sandy ...
The Cool Down on MSN2d
Remote island trapped in 'vortex' of plastic — and they're not the ones to blame
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui by the locals, is a remote island off the coast of Chile. As of 2023, its population ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Scientists Are Crafting Fake Whale Poop and Dumping It in the Ocean
As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...
Public Radio East9d
New ENC research shows increasing plastics in oceans may be causing whales to eat things that are harmful.
A Duke graduate student led the research into whether ocean plastic trash -- which is routinely found in the guts of stranded ...
Science Daily12d
Oceanography News
Nov. 8, 2024 — New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists say ...
Shells to surfboards: how wildlife has adapted to plastic
A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...
Comment: We need a wave of finance to protect the ocean, not a trickle. That tide is now turning
It’s hard to overstate the importance of our ocean. It supports around over 500 million people through employment, provides a ...
Mail & Guardian8d
Plastic pollution hike reveals 228km trail of waste along Western Cape coast
The day we spotted the kayak was the eleventh day of our coastal research expedition and we had already collected more than ...
Pacific Daily News13d
'New wave' as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic
Recyclers have long scooped up some of the over six million tonnes of plastic that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates enters the ocean each year. But Tide works ...