Comments on: Plastics & Microplastic Particles from Marcellus Shale Resources https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2016/07/15/microplastic-particles-from-marcellus-shale-resources/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sea Birds Concern https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2016/07/15/microplastic-particles-from-marcellus-shale-resources/#comment-188996 Sea Birds Concern Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=17786#comment-188996 Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia and Imperial College London found that in the 1960s, only 5 percent of seabirds had plastic in their stomachs. By 2010, that number rose to a startling 80 percent. Of all seabirds alive today, the researchers estimated that 90 percent of the birds have eaten plastic. Worryingly, if current trends continue (that is, if humans don't stop dumping plastic into the ocean), it's predicted that 99 percent of seabirds will swallow plastic by 2050, the researchers said. These findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. From EcoWatch, S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia and Imperial College London found that in the 1960s, only 5 percent of seabirds had plastic in their stomachs. By 2010, that number rose to a startling 80 percent. Of all seabirds alive today, the researchers estimated that 90 percent of the birds have eaten plastic.

Worryingly, if current trends continue (that is, if humans don’t stop dumping plastic into the ocean), it’s predicted that 99 percent of seabirds will swallow plastic by 2050, the researchers said. These findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From EcoWatch, S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV

]]> By: K. Pohlman https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2016/07/15/microplastic-particles-from-marcellus-shale-resources/#comment-188989 K. Pohlman Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:06:51 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=17786#comment-188989 http://www.ecowatch.com/200-tons-of-marine-debris-alaskas-coastline-1924304365.html <strong>Some 200 Tons of Marine Debris Collected From Just 12 Miles of Alaska's Coastline</strong> From Katie Pohlman, EcoWatch.com, July 14, 2016 A cleanup crew recovered 200 tons of trash from just 12 miles of Alaska's coastline around Prince William Sound. Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK), a nonprofit dedicated to picking up debris around the state, filled 1,200 "super sacks" and collected thousands of buoys, marine debris specialist Scott Groves said. The group spent a month at Montague Island and two weeks at Kayak Island to collect the trash, KTVA Alaska reported. Groves, who was interviewed by KTVA after they were done collecting the trash, said, "It's such a pristine place out there also, so being able to fly over where we've cleaned and to see what we have done is a good feeling." The 200 tons of trash was shipped to Anchorage on a barge. It took an entire day to unload the trash. Now, GoAK will spend at least 10 full days sorting the trash, enlisting more than 100 volunteers. Groves hopes to pick out everything that can be recycled. He said as much as 80 percent of the total debris might be recyclable. "With the amount of plastic everyone uses in today's age, a lot of what we find is single-use plastics," Groves said. "So just taking one water bottle and being able to reuse that again is huge." The presence of plastics in the ocean is plaguing the world. A report completed by UK-based Eunomia Research & Consulting found 80 percent of the annual input of plastic litter comes from land-based sources. The remaining 20 percent are plastics released at sea, such as fishing gear. Even worse, 94 percent of the plastic that enters the oceans ends up on the sea floor. Alaska's coastline isn't the only one covered with debris. In recent weeks a "glacier of trash," as local authorities described it, is inundating beaches in Hong Kong. The situation is so bad that trash on one of the affected islands can be seen from space. Between July 1 and 9 alone, about 172,000 pounds—or 8 tons—of trash were collected from Hong Kong beaches. That's 40 percent of the amount collected in Alaska. See also: www.FrackCheckWV.net http://www.ecowatch.com/200-tons-of-marine-debris-alaskas-coastline-1924304365.html

Some 200 Tons of Marine Debris Collected From Just 12 Miles of Alaska’s Coastline

From Katie Pohlman, EcoWatch.com, July 14, 2016

A cleanup crew recovered 200 tons of trash from just 12 miles of Alaska’s coastline around Prince William Sound.

Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK), a nonprofit dedicated to picking up debris around the state, filled 1,200 “super sacks” and collected thousands of buoys, marine debris specialist Scott Groves said. The group spent a month at Montague Island and two weeks at Kayak Island to collect the trash, KTVA Alaska reported.

Groves, who was interviewed by KTVA after they were done collecting the trash, said, “It’s such a pristine place out there also, so being able to fly over where we’ve cleaned and to see what we have done is a good feeling.”

The 200 tons of trash was shipped to Anchorage on a barge. It took an entire day to unload the trash. Now, GoAK will spend at least 10 full days sorting the trash, enlisting more than 100 volunteers.

Groves hopes to pick out everything that can be recycled. He said as much as 80 percent of the total debris might be recyclable.

“With the amount of plastic everyone uses in today’s age, a lot of what we find is single-use plastics,” Groves said. “So just taking one water bottle and being able to reuse that again is huge.”

The presence of plastics in the ocean is plaguing the world. A report completed by UK-based Eunomia Research & Consulting found 80 percent of the annual input of plastic litter comes from land-based sources. The remaining 20 percent are plastics released at sea, such as fishing gear.

Even worse, 94 percent of the plastic that enters the oceans ends up on the sea floor.

Alaska’s coastline isn’t the only one covered with debris. In recent weeks a “glacier of trash,” as local authorities described it, is inundating beaches in Hong Kong. The situation is so bad that trash on one of the affected islands can be seen from space.

Between July 1 and 9 alone, about 172,000 pounds—or 8 tons—of trash were collected from Hong Kong beaches. That’s 40 percent of the amount collected in Alaska.

See also: http://www.FrackCheckWV.net

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