The researchers found that when hermit crabs were exposed to microplastics, they were less likely to later touch or enter high-quality shells. via Hermit Crab Research Highlights Dangers of Microplastic Pollution — The Orkney News
Ocean Cleaning Device Starts Collecting Plastic in Pacific Ocean — TIME
(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — After a series of setbacks, a system for catching plastic floating in the Pacific between California and Hawaii is now working, its Dutch inventor said Wednesday. Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating boom is skimming up waste ranging in size from a… via …
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