Coral reefs are choking on plastic. Just one piece can increase coral disease risk by 20x.
The ocean is sick.
Fingerprints In The Water—a call to young protectors. Out June 8 - World Ocean Day
#WorldOceanDay #FingerprintsInTheWater #OceanFacts #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #ClimateCrisis #OceanConservation #ProtectOurOceans #BluePlanet #YouthForClimate
By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight.
A dystopia? No—just unchecked reality.
Fingerprints In The Water asks: what if teens took a stand? Out June 8 World Ocean Day.
#WorldOceanDay #FingerprintsInTheWater #OceanFacts #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #ClimateCrisis #OceanConservation #ProtectOurOceans #BluePlanet #YouthForClimate
Scientists say microplastics are 'silently spreading from soil to salad to humans' https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250522125353.htm
"Since then, microplastics have shot into our collective health consciousness—and knowing that we can absorb them has motivated some, myself included, to cut down on plastic use." —Elyse Hauser for Slate
https://slate.com/technology/2025/05/microplastics-test-blood-brain-spoon-bryan-johnson.html
Agricultural Soil Can Contain Microplastics at 23x Higher Concentrations Than What Oceans Hold, Study Says https://www.ecowatch.com/agricultural-soil-microplastics.html
Agricultural Soil Can Contain #Microplastics at 23x Higher Concentrations Than What Oceans Hold, Study Says
https://www.ecowatch.com/agricultural-soil-microplastics.html
Scientists have found that soil used for growing crops can contain up to 23 times more microplastics than the concentration found in oceans.
Plastic is cheap, light, durable.
It’s also poisoning the planet.
But what if I told you it’s also a weapon of geopolitics?
Plastic is shaping the future of oil, trade, and diplomacy.
Read the full breakdown here: https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/05/26/the-global-plastic-war-how-a-miracle-material-became-the-battleground-of-the-21st-century/
#PlasticWar #Geopolitics #Microplastics
Mouse Model Suggests Starch-Based Plastics Are Still Bad For You - To paraphrase The Simpsons: plastics are the solution to – and cause of – all of m... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/26/mouse-model-suggests-starch-based-plastics-are-still-bad-for-you/ #polylacticacid #microplastics #bioplastic #science #starch
"Fully protected marine areas in Brazil are contaminated by microplastics"
#Brazil #Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-fully-marine-areas-brazil-contaminated.html
22-May-2025
Fully protected marine areas in #Brazil are contaminated by #microplastics
Researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo used #oysters and #mussels as #sentinelOrganisms to assess the presence of these pollutants. The results show that even the most restrictive sites for human presence have significant contamination.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084986 #science #environment #MarineProtectedAreas #pollution
If your planning on eating today you'll almost certainly ingest a certain amount of plastic. It is almost unavoidable and we should all be much much angrier about this.
Fully protected marine areas in Brazil are contaminated by microplastics https://phys.org/news/2025-05-fully-marine-areas-brazil-contaminated.html
@jackcole @thejapantimes The now ever-present #microplastics are interacting with our endochrine systems (hormones), and 99%+ of the people seem just indifferent and keep buying/using plastic like its still 1950...
The #PFAS and other "forever chemicals" are now raining down across the planet even if you want to avoid them.
And that's just a tiny percentile of problems we're now aware of and partially mitigating.
We're probably pumping out millions of man-made compounds at industrial scales by now without really knowing how they will affect living organisms over generations...
Free to read online, my #solarpunk story IT'S IN THE BLOOD in @ReckoningMag
Great work from @ElvisOkoffo on dishwashing plastic. Short story. It releases a lot of micro and nano plastic. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-plastic-dishwasher-source-microplastic-pollution.html
#microplastics #nanoplastics
"Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-plastic-dishwasher-source-microplastic-pollution.html
Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-05-plastic-dishwasher-source-microplastic-pollution.html
