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Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea currents
determine the plastic types. Using this information the team were able to show how ocean currents controlled ... Published this week in the journal Science, this study shows how deep-sea currents act as conveyor belts, ... transporting tiny plastic fragments and fibres across the seafloor. These currents can concentrate ...
01/05/2024 - 14:35
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Marine Life Talk at NOC in Southampton-May
Plastic Pollution: How did we get here and what can we do about it? Plastic pollution is undoubtedly one ... of the biggest environmental issues we face at the moment. Plastic has only been in our lives for ... around seventy years, so how did we get to where we are, what went wrong? More importantly, what can we ...
22/09/2020 - 11:45
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NOC scientists set sail to investigate human impacts in the open ocean
aims to answer fundamental questions about how potential environmental and ecological stressors are ... depths. Another key activity is making detailed measurements of litter and plastic accumulation in the ... occurrence of plastics far from the coast. ‘Better understanding’ NOC scientist Professor Richard Lampitt ...
31/08/2021 - 15:26
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Microplastics accumulate in hotspots for deep-sea life
but only a small amount (about 1%) of the plastic in the ocean floats on the surface. Most of the rest ... sinks. Ocean currents and other near-seafloor flows appear to control where the sinking plastic ends up. ... microplastics, so that we can better understand where and how these tiny fragments and fibres enter the food ...
24/06/2021 - 11:13
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7 March – UK Nitrogen Fixation – GEOTRACES Expedition 2011
item, workout how much of each your going to need for the duration of the cruise and then work out a way ... something. But that’s where the creative side of scientist’s thrives; pretty much anything can be fixed or ... a replacement fashioned with plastic tubing, cable ties and duct tape along with healthy dose of ingenuity. ...
17/08/2017 - 18:36
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Introduction: Plastic pollution in the global ocean
Horton, Alice A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-6048. 2023 Introduction: Plastic ... pollution in the global ocean. In: Plastic Pollution in the Global Ocean. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte ...
27/06/2023 - 14:56
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NOC x Lucy Hawking announce new children’s book this World Ocean Day
We hope this book will spark the interest of readers and drive them to find out more about how we ... ‘Everyone talks about how powerful the oceans are, how huge, how mysterious, all those underwater creatures ... blue seas full of life that she imagined. When Captain Max and his parrot Pieces O Plastic turn up on ...
02/02/2024 - 13:36
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Long term sea level rise due to fossil fuels assessed
Letters demonstrates how climate change has much longer-term implications for our planet. The paper, How ... levels to rise by as much as five metres – with levels continuing to rise for typically 500 years after ... warming and steric sea level rise relate to cumulative carbon emissions, considers how sea level may ...
13/10/2023 - 10:50
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Ocean microplastics found to be rife by teams sailing around the world
essential component if we are to understand the effects of plastic contamination on ecosystem health and how ... designed to collect plastic particles (between 0.03mm and 5mm), which is carried onboard by two teams ... Raimund, Science Lead for The Ocean Race, said: “We are learning more and more about just how pervasive ...
01/05/2024 - 14:44
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Plastic waste in the terrestrial environment
Luca. 2020 Plastic waste in the terrestrial environment. In: Letcher, Trevor M., (ed.) Plastic waste and ...
26/06/2023 - 08:38