Tiny pieces of plastic in the ocean could mean an increased risk for disabilities in coastal residents who live nearby, according to a new preliminary study released this month. The study, which ...

Horntje / Utrecht 9 July - The total amount of plastic floating in the North Atlantic Ocean as particles of less than 1 ...

That could hamper the ocean’s ability to take up CO 2 from the atmosphere via the biological carbon pump, says Stubbins. However, he points out that we are far from being able to estimate the ...

Humans are known to produce about 380 million tons of plastic each year, and about 0.5% of this material ends up in the ocean.