Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains
A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.
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Ocean trash is building up. This artist reveals what’s out there.
Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New York shoreline ... these assemblages to illustrate the extent of marine pollution. He keeps trash in his studio for months—sometimes ...
Circular currents: Stemming the plastic tide in the Arctic
Once considered remote and pristine, the Arctic is now succumbing to a tide of plastic. In Norway, a monumental effort is ...
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Planet or Plastic? by National Geographic
This project has been selected in the Editorial category in The Annual 2019, CR’s award scheme celebrating the best in commercial creativity Planet or Plastic? is a campaign by National Geographic ...
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Baby fish have started eating plastic. We haven’t yet seen the consequences
The decline is largely because of overfishing, but pollution and ... fund this article. The National Geographic Society and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge ...