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Plastic currents
Discarded plastic moving around the ocean – on the surface, in the water column and on the sea floor – sometimes comes to rest.…
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The impact of plastic pollution on oceans is at least $8 bn per year
Marine plastic debris and microplastics have substantial negative effects on marine ecosystems. This in turn affects ecosystem services, the economic activities relying on those…
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Natural processes affecting the distribution and fate of plastics
In addition to physical redistribution linked to wind, waves, and surface and deep currents, a whole other suite of biological and mechanical processes influences…
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Plasticized animal species – Entangled
Entanglement in debris is a more obvious and proven risk to marine life than other impacts of litter, which are still subject to debate.…
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How much plastic waste is produced worldwide
Today´s deterioration of the global environment is closely linked to unsustainable patterns of consumption and production. The exponential increase in production and consumption over…
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How plastic moves from the economy to the environment
Marine plastic litter, like other waste or pollution problems, is really linked to market failure. In simple terms, the price of plastic products does…
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How much plastic is estimated to be in the oceans and where it may be
Debris reaching the marine environment accumulates in different “storage compartments,” including coastal beaches, mangroves, wetlands and deltas, the water column and the sea floor.…
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Plastic input into the oceans
Despite knowledge of the role played by rivers, there are no global estimates of the amount of man-made debris reaching the ocean at river…
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Preventing is better than cleaning up
Avoiding environmental pollution is a better and cheaper option than cleaning up or mitigating the impact of pollution. There are many ways to tackle…
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How plastics enter the food web
There has been widespread publicity about pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris and its impact on organisms. Images of the brightly coloured…
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International cooperation on climate changes
All Hindu Kush Himalayan countries have ratified the Paris Agreement and adopted the Sustainable Development Goals in their national development agendas. In addition, all…
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Ilulissat, Greenland (Nunataryuk project)
Most infrastructure in the Arctic is built in the coastal zone, an extremely fragile environment. Climate change is triggering coastal instability and increasing hazard…