Ice cores gathered across the Arctic Ocean reveal micro-plastics at concentrations two ... arose locally due to pollution from shipping and fishing. More than half of the micro-plastic particles ...

marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are rich in plankton and other fish food—and now also in plastics, according to ...

She recalled how fishing ... sink for plastics, Mustonen said he’s also worried about more plastic and pollution coming into these waters due to climate change. “We know that the ice on ...

That makes a lot of sense based on what we know about plastics use and plastic waste. We know that over half the plastics that we use are discarded, sometimes to landfills, sometimes to the ...