A plastic-eating fungus is cleaning up the ocean better than we are
The discovery of plastic-eating bacteria has also given scientists hope that we might find an actual solution to the ... A ...
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A 22-year-old has raised $30M to clean the ocean
22-year-old Boyan Slat has a potential cleanup solution. The Ocean Cleanup uses a boom to capture plastic and keep it in areas where a boat can come and periodically pick it up. The pipe moves ...
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Start-ups are supercharging algae to clean up the environment
Jovine, the cofounder and chief scientist of Brilliant Planet, is trying to engineer high-growth microalgae strains to ...
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A teenager came up with a plan to clean our oceans
An curved arrow pointing right. Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in 2013, when he was just 19. The idea is simple: floating barriers accumulate garbage that's traveling in natural ocean currents.
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How can we clean up ocean plastics?
What are we doing to help tackle the issue and how can we help? The good news is that the fight to clean up ocean pollution is taking place across the globe, and many beaches are being awarded for ...
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Trump Commits US to Expanding Efforts to Clean Up Ocean Litter
President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday committing the United States to expand efforts to clean up ... fight against ocean trash.” “By reauthorizing the NOAA’S marine debris program, the ...
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Ocean-based Climate Solutions Act Would End Offshore Oil Leasing, Protect Marine Habitat
WASHINGTON— Legislation to end the federal offshore oil-leasing program and pursue other oceans-related solutions to the climate change crisis was introduced today by House Natural Resources Committee ...
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How can we clean up ocean plastics?
What are we doing to help tackle the issue and how can we help? The good news is that the fight to clean up ocean pollution is taking place across the globe, and many beaches are being awarded for ...