Richard Whitcombe/Shutterstock May 23, 2019 Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen and prop up the marine food chain Petra Cameron, University of Bath and Philippa Kearney, University of Bath New research shows that chemicals leached from ocean plastic impair the growth and oxygen production of the planet’s most abundant photosynthesiser - endangering marine ecosystems and the climate.
When temperatures rise and ice melts, more water flows to the seas and ocean water warms and expands in volume. Shutterstock February 21, 2019 Climate change: obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges Rick Stafford, Bournemouth University and Peter JS Jones, UCL Plastic is not as much of a threat to oceans as climate change or over-fishing.
The Ocean Cleanup October 21, 2018 Ocean Cleanup won’t turn a profit, but we should still do it Peter King, University of Bath Research finds removing plastic from the ocean has huge economic benefits, even if there is little money to be made doing so.