a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

Scientists predict it could take more than 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface, according to new study ...

Floating ocean plastics can take more than 100 years to disappear, breaking into tiny fragments that slowly sink to the seafloor.

Reimagine plastic by transforming plastic waste into new creative creations and useful items. Discover innovative ways to ...

Look around. Chances are, you're surrounded by concrete. It's in our sidewalks, schools, and homes — it's literally the foundation of our world. We use more of it than anything else on Earth besides ...

Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, the study is the third and ...

The Mediterranean has always been more than a sea — it is a shared cradle of culture, history, and prosperity. For centuries, ...

Scientists found that even if all plastic dumping stopped today, floating plastics would take over 100 years to vanish.