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🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: Wie kommt #Plastik in die Meere? 🌊🔍
#Fischernetze, #Ladungsverluste und

Wie Plastik in unsere Ozeane gelangt und was damit passiert
Erfahre, wie Plastikmüll in die Meere gelangt und warum sich Plastik in bestimmten Regionen ansammelt. Ein Überblick über die Ursachen und Folgen.

Sony: Playstation 5 wurde 92 Millionen Mal verkauft
Die PS5 wurde in allen Varianten über 90 Millionen Mal verkauft, teilte Sony mit. Das Verkaufstempo verlangsamte sich im Vergleich zum Vorjahr.
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Global plastics treaty negotiations: Success is still possible, researchers argue #environment …

Global plastics treaty negotiations: Success is still possible, researchers argue
Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did not result in the expected global plastics treaty. On 7 February 2026, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution will reconvene in Geneva to elect a new chairperson. In order to secure an agreement, the new chairperson must urgently reform INC procedures, argue researchers.

"Microplastics and nanoplastics in urban air originate mainly from tire abrasion, research reveals"
#Plastic #Plastics #MicroPlastics

Microplastics and nanoplastics in urban air originate mainly from tire abrasion, research reveals
Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion.

“God willing, we will expel, kill, eliminate, and destroy all UNRWA personnel.”
Deputy Mayor, Al Quds/Occupied Jerusalem.
Israel’s attack on UNRWA is central to its genocide of the Palestinians | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
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Israel’s attack on UNRWA is central to its genocide of the Palestinians
UNRWA’s mandate to provide for Palestinian refugees makes it a direct threat to the Israeli genocidal project.

🦪 Mussel-inspired glue from recycled plastics can be detached and reused
#chemistry

Mussel-inspired glue from recycled plastics can be detached and reused
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a reusable adhesive from waste polymers that is tougher than commercial glues, works underwater as well as in dry environments, and bonds a variety of materials, including wood, glass, metal, paper and polymers.

🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: Wie kommt #Plastik in die Meere? 🌊🔍
#Fischernetze, #Ladungsverluste und

Wie Plastik in unsere Ozeane gelangt und was damit passiert
Erfahre, wie Plastikmüll in die Meere gelangt und warum sich Plastik in bestimmten Regionen ansammelt. Ein Überblick über die Ursachen und Folgen.

"Once Dried up and Full of Plastic, Canal in India Is Now Clear and Lined with Mangroves"
#India #Environment #Plastic

Once Dried up and Full of Plastic, Canal in India Is Now Clear and Lined with Mangrove Trees
750 kilograms—almost 2,000 pounds—of trash were pulled from the canal along with heaps of invasive prosopis plants. 

Plastic household waste burned as fuel on rise in Global South, risking health https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/plastic-household-waste-burned-as-fuel-on-rise-in-global-south-risking-health/

Plastic household waste burned as fuel on rise in Global South, risking health
Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in developing countries than previously thought, raising serious environmental pollution and public health concerns for individuals, families and communities. That’s according to a new global study that surveyed more than 1,000 “key informants,” including researchers, […]

"Plastic patrol: the citizen scientists tackling litter in Australian waterways"
#Australia #Litter #Environment