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Crustaceans start eating synthetic resin
Oceanography

Crustaceans start eating synthetic resin

At our dining table, sooner or later there will be seafood stuffed with toxic plastic micro-molecules. The diet of marine life has changed.

December 17, 2018
Danger of fish contaminated with plastic chemicals
Oceanography

Danger of fish contaminated with plastic chemicals

Essica Ward researcher at the University of Minnesota in Saint Paul, USA, has found more impact from BPA, when she exposed two B-tail and black-tailed Shiner fish to eac…

December 17, 2018
Plastic waste is poisoning the ocean
Oceanography

Plastic waste is poisoning the ocean

Oceanographer David Gallo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as he boarded his ship anchored in the area where the Titanic was resting, saw evidence of a much…

December 17, 2018
Decomposing ocean plastic produces toxic chemicals
Oceanography

Decomposing ocean plastic produces toxic chemicals

In the first study to look at what happens to the billions of tons of plastic waste floating on the ocean over the years, scientists have reported that plastic, the mate…

December 17, 2018
The ocean is called for by biodegradable plastic
Oceanography

The ocean is called for by biodegradable plastic

The ocean called for help by billions of kilograms of plastic floated on the surface of the sea, there was a material that was difficult to decompose and decomposed at a…

December 17, 2018