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Great Lakes challenges range from whitefish collapse to plastic pollution, annual report shows

It was a year of growing challenges as well as comeback stories in the Great Lakes. While Detroit welcomed a large new park, ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

'Fish Mouth' filter removes 99% of microplastics from laundry waste

The ancient evolution of fish mouths could help solve a modern source of plastic pollution. Inspired by these natural ...
CNN

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...
AOL

This Plastic-Eating Robot Fish Could Help Clean The Planet

An invention born from a contest at England's University of Surrey might be swimming us closer to cleaner oceans. Researchers have created a robotic fish that doesn’t just collect plastic pollution; ...
Forbes

Food And Beverage Packaging May Cause More Ocean Plastic Than Fish By 2050

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, back from school, is told the secret of the future in one word. “Plastics.” At the time the ...
The Conversation

Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here’s why

Lesley Henderson receives funding from UKRI/NERC/Innovate UK/ GCRF/ European Space Agency. Does the prediction that there could be “more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050” concern you? How about ...
Morning Overview on MSN

'Fish mouth' filter removes 99% of microplastics from laundry

Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...