Environment: Plastic pollution found in mountain lakes
Lake Garda, Italy. Photo courtesy NASA. Toxic materials a concern for freshwater ecosystems By Summit Voice FRISCO — By now, everyone has heard about the giant ocean eddies of plastic debris — the...
View ArticleEnvironment: Microplastic pollution gets inside crabs via gills
This image depicts polystyrene microspheres inside the gills of a shore crab. Image by Andrew Watts, University of Exeter, UK. Is there a risk higher up the food chain? By Bob Berwyn * Read more Summit...
View ArticleEnvironment: “Microplastics are everywhere’
The five major ocean gyres. Plastic waste infiltrating many ocean ecosystems Staff Report FRISCO — Plastic pollution is far more widespread and prevalent in all the world’s oceans than more previously...
View ArticleRhine River plastic pollution is the highest measured
3.9 million plastic items per square kilometer … A sample from the Rhine near Duisburg shows the variety of plastic pollution found in the water. Photo courtesy University of Basel. Staff Report Given...
View ArticleUSGS study tracks Great Lakes microplastic pollution
A new USGS study has documented widespread plastic pollution in many of the Great Lakes tributary rivers. New website highlights the widespread problem of plastic debris Staff Report Microplastic...
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