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Microplastics

Environment

Microplastics found in the soil on farms used to grow crops

Plastic is commonly used on farms in irrigation pipes or sheets to cover crops, but can reduce soil quality

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Environment

Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

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Environment

Tumble dryers shed hundreds of tonnes of microfibres into waterways

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Rubbish pulled from the great Pacific garbage patch

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts stable community of coastal animals

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Health

Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

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Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

Life

Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

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Environment

Scientists warn of 'alarming' rise in ocean microplastic pollution

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Big Microplastic Survey. Layal?s Citizen Science Maker for 18th Feb. Photos from Layla's survey.

Environment

Help to create a global map of ocean microplastic pollution

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Antarctica from space

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Antarctica research finds microplastic in every sample tested

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Blue Whale (balaenoptera musculus), Shutterstock ID 565369243; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Environment

Blue whales could be eating 10 million pieces of plastic every day

Combining data on pollution concentrations and whale feeding habits has revealed that filter-feeding whales could be ingesting huge levels of microplastics

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Environment

Microplastics may be dragging faecal parasites from land into the seas

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Environment

Goo made from okra can filter microplastics out of water

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Technology

Edible straws made by bacteria are better than paper or plastic ones

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Environment

Microplastics in French mountain air may have crossed Atlantic Ocean

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