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Microplastics are undermining the ocean’s power to absorb carbon

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.
C&EN

Ocean plastic carries spilled oil farther than ever reported

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...
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The Ocean Cleanup expands to tackling plastic pollution in rivers — here's why

Boyan Slat made waves when he was just a teenager with an audacious dream to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste. Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean ...
Los Angeles Times

Liberal San Francisco asks conservative Supreme Court for relief from EPA rules

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split Wednesday on San Francisco’s dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency over how to stop polluted water from flowing into the ...
Forbes

How Blue Sharks Spread Plastic Pollution Across The Ocean

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...
Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for San Francisco, limits EPA’s power on stormwater discharges

At issue was a regulatory dispute over the permitting standards used by the Environmental Protection Agency. Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented, noting that the law authorizes the EPA to enforce ‘any ...
AOL

Plastic pollution could linger on ocean surfaces for over 100 years, researchers warn

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...