Climate change: obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges When temperatures rise and ice melts, more water flows to the seas and ocean water warms and expands in volume. Shutterstock Rick Stafford, Bournemouth University and Peter JS Jones, UCL By now, most of us have heard that the use of plastics is … Read more
What do elephants have to do with the plastic waste in the oceans? Nothing. Thats right. Normally. In order to better imagine the monstrosity of the problem, elephants come into play. At least that’s what some scientists were thinking about to illustrate the problem. It sounds almost funny if it would not be so sad. … Read more
The following infographic is made by customade and shows in an impressive way the problem with plastic in our oceans. Hundreds of million tons of plastic were produced. These plastics often find their way into our waterways. Every year 6.4 million tons are dumped into the ocean. Many marine wildlife are injured or killed from plastic … Read more