Sentences with phrase «at ocean plastic pollution»

Much of the film looks at ocean plastic pollution in general, but that's a valuable message, too.

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Click on this slide show for a zooming look at «Gyre,» his effort to bring meaning to the diffuse and distant problem of plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean.

In 2014, international scientists collaborated with 5 Gyres to publish the first Global Estimate of Marine Plastic Pollution, and determined that 5.25 trillion particles of «plastic smog» surface pollution — weighing in at 269,000 tons — pollute our oceans worPlastic Pollution, and determined that 5.25 trillion particles of «plastic smog» surface pollution — weighing in at 269,000 tons — pollute our oceans worplastic smog» surface pollution — weighing in at 269,000 tons — pollute our oceans worldwide.

AB 888 will eliminate a significant contributor of plastic pollution at the source, before it ever has a chance to reach the oceans,» said Anna Cummins, Executive Director of the 5 Gyres Institute.

The Ocean Friendly Restaurants program is picking up steam and Surfrider has set the goal of registering 500 restaurants in 2018 to create scalable impact and reduce plastic pollution at the source.

«This week we will look closely at how we can tackle the many threats to the health of the world's oceans, including the scourge of marine plastic pollution,» May said, as the Independent reported.

No matter how hard my job seems at times, there's one thing that brings me back to my desk day after day, year after year: The knowledge that all these amazing men, women, and young persons who make up Earth Island's nearly 80 projects, are out there striving tirelessly to achieve that one goal that they have set for themselves be it saving a tiny burrowing owl, keeping our ocean and beaches free of plastic pollution, or fixing our broken food system.

Plastic pollution, global warming, acidifying waters, toxic algae blooms, oil spills... Here's a look at the top threats to the world's oceans.

Plastic pollution is surfing onto Indonesian beaches, settling onto the ocean floor at the North Pole, and rising through the food chain onto our dinner tables.

Sure, these efforts add up over time, but considering the scale of the plastic disaster, and the continuing rate at which the planet's oceans are filling with plastic pollution, we need much more drastic action immediately.

At the Ocean Heroes Bootcamp existing and emerging youth leaders will have the chance to work with Squad Leaders and Mentors to create your own campaign to take action against ocean plastic pollution, starting with the single - use plastic sOcean Heroes Bootcamp existing and emerging youth leaders will have the chance to work with Squad Leaders and Mentors to create your own campaign to take action against ocean plastic pollution, starting with the single - use plastic socean plastic pollution, starting with the single - use plastic straw!

Among the crew members is Garen Baghdasarian, a professor of Marine Biology at Santa Monica College who's received a PhD in Biology studying coral bleaching who's collaborating with 5 Gyres carrying out a study to find out if there's a relationship between plastic pollution and the decrease in the levels of phytoplankton in the ocean.

As an ecotour leader at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, I was simply excited to find one of these intact carcasses so that I could use the opportunity to talk about the environmental problem of marine plastic pollution for ocean ecosystems and the wildlife dependant on them.