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If you throw a polyester sweatshirt in the washing machine, it doesn’t emerge as quite its former self. All that...
microplastics
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So what, you might ask—it’s just plastic! After all, if you accidentally swallow a shirt button, it’ll pass straight through...
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German company Wasser 3.0 has devised a system to capture microplastics and keep them out of the oceans. Source link
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Fionn Ferreira has used his childhood curiosity to power his environmentalist project. Now, he's looking to scale up his "ferrofluids"...
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Fionn Ferreira has used his childhood curiosity to power his environmentalist project. Now, he's looking to scale up his "ferrofluids"...
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Microplastics, tiny particles of plastic that are now found worldwide in the air, water, and soil, are increasingly recognized as...
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Microplastics are small fragments of plastic, less than 5 mm in diameter. There are two types of microplastics: primary and...
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Nature, Published online: 14 June 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01643-wPlastic contamination probably came from clothing and other gear used at Antarctic research stations....
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Samples from the tropical Indian Ocean were investigated using a new method for extraction and identification of microplastic particles from...
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While we know where the plastics came from, the origin of this particular tar wasn’t clear. But generally speaking, whenever...