The Ocean Plastics Lab is an exhibition about science: It showcases the contribution of science to understand and combat the problem of plastics in the ocean.
Berlin, Germany
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"We need better data about the environmental persistence of #plastic goods"
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There is even more #plastic out there as we thought, new study finds.
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Sadly, we have to announce that the Ocean Plastics Lab has come to an end. We had a total of 8 tour stops in 7 different countries, reaching out to more than 77,000 visitors.We would like to thank everyone who contributed, support and visited us on our tour the last three years.
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#Pollution trough #cigarette butts causes big issues not only in the #ocean but in all water systems and in soil. This video explains why.
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"#Scientists from #Berkeley Lab have made a next-generation #plastic that can be recycled again and again into new materials of any color, shape, or form."
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We wish all of your #ocean warriors a Merry Christmas and a great start into 2020!
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“Ocean plastics have been viewed by the industry as a less valuable source of raw materials ...” said Misasi. “And what we want to show is that there is a huge potential and unrealized niche in the industry to use these recyclables to create new products.”
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New study about #plastic on the #sea surface getting dissolved by sunlight and its impact on marine #bacteria.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#science #plasticpollution #ocean
"Australian scientists have developed a technology they say could make all #plastic recyclable, as the country grapples with how to deal with its waste crisis."
rnz.co.nz/news/world/403699/…
#recycledplastic #recycling #plasticpollution #Science
"Sources on land blamed for most #ocean #plastic, but #ships may be a bigger problem than thought."
cbc.ca/news/technology/sea-l…
#PlasticPollution #science
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100% of Water Samples from 9 European Rivers Contain #microplastics
@TaraOcean_ @CNRS
#plastic #ocean #science #europe #TARA
european-views.com/2019/11/1…
A study conducted by our Canadian Partners @OceanWise and @FishOceansCAN .
rcinet.ca/en/2019/11/22/micr…
#BePlasticWise #Plastic #Beluga
#Microplastics #Science
Tracking your #plastic: Exposing #recycling myths from @CBCNews youtu.be/c8aVYb-a7Uw
#plasticpollution #BeatPlasticPollution #ocean #environnement
"Andrew Forrest launches US$300m war on #plastic to tackle #ocean #pollution"
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Andrew Forrest and head of TED Chris Anderson discuss an ambitious plan to get the world's biggest companies to fund an environmental #revolution -- and transition industry towards getting all of its #plastic from recycled materials, not from fossil fuels.
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High-Tech Instruments Empower the Search for #microplastics
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#science #ocean #plastic
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"Rainfall washes more than 7 trillion pieces of #microplastics much of it tire particles left behind on streets, into San Francisco Bay each year."
latimes.com/environment/stor…
#science #ocean #plastic
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"Explosion in #PlasticPollution Post-World War II Seen in Marine Sediments. The research team, sifting through nearly 200 years of sediments, noted that since the 1940s the amount of microscopic #plastics has doubled about every 15 years."
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/explos…
#science #Ocean
