Science

High concentration of plastic at the bottom of the ocean.

[ad_1] Media playback is not supported on your gadget Media captionWhat happens to microplastics in the ocean? Scientists have recognized the best ranges of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor. The contamination was found in sediments mined from the lower Mediterranean, near Italy. The evaluation, led by the University of …

Read More »

NASA space lasers track melting of Earth’s ice sheets

[ad_1] Media playback is not supported on your device Media captionWhy is the mighty Thwaites glacier in Antarctica melting? Scientists have published a new analysis of how the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have changed, from 2003 to 2019. The study shows that ice losses from thawing have outpaced increases …

Read More »

High concentration of microplastics on the ocean floor.

[ad_1] Media playback is not supported on your device Media captionWhat happens to microplastics in the ocean? Scientists have identified the highest levels of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor. The contamination was found in sediments extracted from the bottom of the Mediterranean, near Italy. The analysis, led by the …

Read More »