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Satellite technology is already used to track the massive amounts of plastic floating around oceans – from relatively small drifts containing thousands of plastic bottles, bags and fishing nets ...

There are likely hundreds of trillions of pieces of plastic floating around the world’s oceans - and one country has been named the worst polluter. Millions of tons of plastic end up in Earth’s water ...

Satellite technology is already used to track the massive amounts of plastic floating around oceans – from relatively small drifts containing thousands of plastic bottles, bags and fishing nets, up to ...

Through a weird trick of physics, microplastics can lead to cloud formation and could affect weather and climate ...

While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...