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Plastic fishing gear can decompose with sunlight
Environment

Plastic fishing gear can decompose with sunlight

To solve the plastic waste that pollutes the marine environment, US scientists have developed a new form of polymer that is highly durable in seawater but can decompose…

May 13, 2020
How are hawks grafted?
Discover science

How are hawks grafted?

Wildlife rehabilitation houses help recover the lost bird's feathered wings by taking feathers from another species attached to it.

December 18, 2018
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
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