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"Scientists left cinderblocks in a barren part of the sea. 3 months later they were ecstatic."
#Oceans #Sea #Environment

Scientists left cinderblocks in a barren part of the sea. 3 months later they were ecstatic.
Dumping concrete into the ocean looks like the worst case of littering, but it serves an important purpose that benefits all sea life.

"Plastic food packaging blankets the world’s coastlines, study finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Pollution

Plastic food packaging blankets the world’s coastlines, study finds
Food packaging ranks among the top plastic pollutants littering the world’s coastlines, a new study confirms. The study, published May 20 in the journal One Earth, analyzed data from 112 nations, including 5,300 shoreline litter surveys, to produce the first global index of macroplastic pollution by usage type. Based on 355 peer-reviewed studies, it found […]