Tootfinder

"More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn"
#Pollution #Environment

More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn
Scientists are raising concerns that deep sea plastic may be affecting the ability of bioluminescent organisms to find mates and food.

More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/more-plastic-less-glow-pollution-threatens-deep-seas-bioluminescent-life-…

More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn
Scientists are raising concerns that deep sea plastic may be affecting the ability of bioluminescent organisms to find mates and food.

"Plastic fused to coral rubble raises new concerns for ocean pollution"
#Plastic #Plastics #Pollution

Plastic fused to coral rubble raises new concerns for ocean pollution
Plastic fused to coral rubble in Japan has been identified as “plasticoral,” raising concerns about ocean pollution and habitat degradation.

"Textile manufacturing releases 92,000 tonnes of microfibre pollution each year, report finds"
#Textiles #Clothes

Textile manufacturing releases 92,000 tonnes of microfibre pollution each year, report finds
Textile manufacturing generates around 92,000 tonnes of microfibre pollution annually, with 63% of those fibres entering the environment, according to new research from Earth Action.

Wildfires are to natural disasters what ballistic missiles are to human weaponry
—able to kill from hundreds or thousands of kilometres away.
The heat that they generate lofts smoke high into the atmosphere,
where the winds can carry it across a continent.
The smoke contains particles of varying sizes, including ones 2.5 microns or less in diameter (pm2.5).
This is the form of air pollution that poses the greatest threat to public health;
the tiny partic…

Young seabirds are disappearing years after swallowing plastic #environment

Young seabirds are disappearing years after swallowing plastic
Seabird chicks that swallow more plastic are far less likely to return and breed, revealing deaths that traditional colony counts can miss.

"‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution

‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution
Checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast, say swimmers on East Sussex beaches

Data:
Wind Particulate Matter < 1 µm at the Earth's Surface
-- 🙏 @…
https://earth.nullschool.…

Air pollution seems to harm both your gut and heart, in addition to the obvious lung damage it causes https://www.earth.com/environment/air-pollution-may-harm-both-your-gut-and-heart/

Air pollution seems to harm both your gut and heart, in addition to the obvious lung damage it causes
For most of the last century, cardiologists studying air pollution looked almost exclusively at two organs. Dirty air entered the lungs, and somehow the damage showed up in…