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New study estimates there is at least ten times more plastic in the Atlantic than previously thought
tonnes of plastic litter in this limited polymer type and size category. This is much more than is ... how much is there, and it would seem our estimates of how much is dumped into the ocean has been ... Significantly, this figure is only for three of the most common types of plastic litter in a limited size range. ...
03/02/2021 - 11:05
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Microplastics discovered in the deep, open ocean
marine life, yet we do not know how much plastic is in this part of the ocean or how it may enter food ... a collaborative research expedition to further understand how tiny pieces of plastic litter are spreading in the ... a number of key questions, including: how much and what type of microplastic material is present in the ...
10/08/2017 - 17:18
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TONIGHT! Marine Life Talk – 7 June 2012
– Plastic has become ubiquitous in the developed world in the last 60 years, and much of it ends up as waste ... in our oceans: up to 95% of marine waste is plastic debris. This talk will cover how this waste gets ... Plastic Planet – 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Jennifer Durden ...
30/08/2017 - 14:44
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Plastic-free July scientist spotlight – Meet a microplastics expert
concerned. Our research aims to understand how, why and where plastic ends up in the ocean and to what degree ... The visible effects of plastic entering the ocean are sadly all too clear to us now, but what ... about the plastic we can’t see? Microplastics, plastic fibres and fragments that are between 1 mm and ...
02/02/2024 - 14:56
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Under the Surface
iceberg. How much more might there be and what impact is it having on the delicate ocean ecosystem? Read ... about ocean plastics Monsters of the Deep Much of the ocean remains a mystery, and only a fraction of ... processes, its impact on our lives, how we study it and the life within it. Marine Geohazards Underwater ...
26/10/2023 - 13:49
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Scientist Spotlight – Dr Alice Horton
The visible effects of plastic entering the ocean are unfortunately all too clear to us. But what ... research to understand the distribution and transport of plastics to and within our ocean, and their ... microplastics; understanding how these get into the environment, how they behave, where they end up, and what ...
11/04/2024 - 16:26
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Plastics in the Ocean
has taught us a great deal already, we now understand how plastics first enter the ocean, and what ... happens to the plastics once it is in our ocean. How does plastic enter the ocean? There are many sources ... Over 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year, 10 million tonnes of which enters the ...
05/10/2023 - 16:30
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Microplastics
our research shows that visible plastic is just the tip of this iceberg. How much more might there be ... to understand the effects of plastic contamination on ecosystem health and how this is likely to ... and how this changes over time, we aim to better understand the impacts of plastics in marine systems. ...
01/08/2023 - 22:30
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The National Oceanography Centre Microplastics Team visits the Winchester Science Centre
many children and their parents about plastics and how they can change their behaviour to have ... educate children about the effects plastics have on our ocean. Professor Richard Lampitt and Dr Alice ... a tub of water and sandbox with different types of plastic items in for visitors to pick out, ...
15/09/2021 - 00:41
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New insights into the transportation of microplastics across the deep seafloor
canyons. However, it was previously not known how plastic pollution gets to the deep sea from land. The new ... determines how toxins build up the surface, as well as how likely it is the plastic will enter the gut of any ... National Oceanography Centre (NOC) research has revealed for the first time how submarine sediment ...
27/07/2020 - 23:47