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- Microplastics - National Geographic Society
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that result from both commercial product development and the breakdown of larger plastics As a pollutant, microplastics can be harmful to the environment and animal health
- Ocean Trash: 5. 25 Trillion Pieces and Counting, but Big . . . - Education
Big questions remain The numbers add up to trouble for the oceans, wildlife, and us, but scientists are struggling to understand how The numbers are staggering: There are 5 25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean Of that mass, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Isn’t What You Think It Is
Article originally published on July 3, 2019, this material has been adapted for classroom use The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s largest collection of floating trash—and the most famous It lies between Hawaii and California and is often described as “larger than Texas,” even though it contains not a square foot of surface on which to stand It cannot be seen from space
- Animals Eat Plastic Because It Smells Like Food - Education
Other marine animals, including fish, gobble bits of rice-sized micro plastics broken down by sunlight and wave action because they resemble the small particles they normally eat
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Education
Micro plastics can’t always be seen by the naked eye Even satellite imagery doesn’t show a giant patch of garbage The micro plastics of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can simply make the water look like a cloudy soup This soup is intermixed with larger items, such as fishing gear and shoes
- Marine Pollution - Education
Marine pollution is a combination of chemicals and trash, most of which comes from land sources and is washed or blown into the ocean This pollution results in damage to the environment, to the health of all organisms, and to economic structures worldwide
- Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World’s Deepest Ocean Trench
The Mariana Trench —the deepest point in the ocean—extends nearly 10,975 meters (36,000 feet) down in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean But if you thought the trench could escape the global onslaught of plastics pollution, you would be wrong A recent study revealed that a plastic bag, like the kind given away at grocery stores, is now the deepest known piece of plastic trash, found at a
- Ocean Plastics - Education
Plastic debris is collecting in every corner of our oceans at a rapid pace and wreaking havoc on sea life National Geographic Explorer Heather Koldewey has a profit-making solution to remove one major offender: discarded fishing nets She shares practical solutions for cleaning up waterways and motivating the world to take action
- Plastic Pollution - National Geographic Society
Plastic is ubiquitous in our everyday lives Some plastics we can reuse or recycle—and many play important roles in areas like medicine and public safety—but other items, such as straws, are designed for only one use In fact, more than 40 percent of plastic is used only once before it is thrown away, where it lingers in the environment for a long, long time It often breaks down into
- One Bottle at a Time - Education
Plastics can take hundreds of years to break down into microplastic, which gives them plenty of time to sail the seas After a certain amount of time, much of the debris from the coast will have met an oceanic gyre—a large system of rotating currents The Pacific Garbage Patch, a widely known icon of ocean pollution, is within one of these gyres
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