Impact of Plastic Pollution A Message From Our Leader: Effects of Chemicals on Waterbodies Link Between Microplastics and Algae Blooms Chemicals are a Source of Tension in Vermont Save the Date: Aquatic Weed Harvesting Seminar Best Practices in Waterway Trash Skimming Upcoming Conferences: Michigan Lakes & Streams Association 62nd Annual Conference New York State Federation
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly A Message From Our Leader: The more I learn about plastic pollution, the more remorse I have about all the plastic supporting my very existence. Oil Sold the World on Plastics Recycling Will Plastic Pollution Save Our Lives? Upcoming Conferences: Aquatic Plant Management Society 62nd Annual Meeting Florida Lake
The Cost of Water What is the Cost of Water? Are Herbicides Killing Eagles? Mechanical Harvesting Removes Phosphorus Outboard Motors to Collect Microplastics Upcoming Conferences: Indiana Lakes Management Society Earth Day New York Federation of Lake Associations Michigan Lakes & Streams Association Read More
Contact Lenses Contribute to Microplastic Pollution Struggle to Measure Impact of Invasive Species Herbicide Treatment Destroys Habitat Contact Lenses Add to Microplastic Pollution Farmers Demand Release of Water Weed Harvester Winterization Upcoming Conferences North American Lake Management Society 38th Annual International Symposium Read More
Biologists in Cornwall have found that chemicals released in the ocean from plastic can lead to deformities in marine animals. The study by biologists from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on Exeter’s Penryn Campus found that plastics in the ocean can release chemicals that cause deformities in sea urchin larvae. Read More
Around 83% of green turtles and 86% of loggerhead turtles found off the coast of Queensland were found to have plastics within them, a study from Deakin, James Cook and Murdoch universities found. Researchers examined the contents of the stomach, intestines, cloaca and bladder of stranded or captured turtles collected from the Indian Ocean off
Alex Weber, a junior at Carmel High School in California, and her friend Jack Johnston had repeatedly come across large numbers of golf balls on the ocean floor while snorkeling in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary near the town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. As environmentally conscious teens, they started removing golf balls from the water, one
A recent study of bottled water, conducted by the journalism organization Orb Media, found that almost every major brand of bottled water is contaminated with particles of plastic. The researchers tested 250 bottles of water—from nine countries and 11 brands. They dropped a red dye in each, which stuck to the plastic and glowed when
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