Tag: Plastic waste in the oceans
Mars: setting the pace for the climate on Earth? – Knowledge
Scientists from Australia and France claim to have discovered an incredible connection: Mars sets the pace for climate fluctuations on Earth as well as the increase and decrease of huge…
Rotifers shred microplastics into nanoparticles: How dangerous is that? – Knowledge
Over the years, plastic waste in water breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces that are potentially more dangerous to organisms. Tiny animals could play a part in this process…
Mini animals shred plastic into potentially harmful nanoparticles – knowledge
Over the years, plastic waste in water breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces that are potentially more dangerous to organisms. Tiny animals could play a part in this process…
Antarctica: This huge ice sheet protects humanity
An ice barrier in the Weddell Sea prevents glaciers from flowing unchecked into the ocean. But how long will it last? With polar researchers on the Southern Ocean source site
Less plastic than feared ends up in the sea – knowledge
Ocean researchers have been puzzled for a long time: Some estimates suggest that between four and 12.7 million tons of plastic waste end up in the seas every year, for…
EU laws: The fight against packaging waste becomes a lobby battle
The EU is working on a revolutionary waste reform that affects all packaging – from muesli bars to large machines. The industry is appalled. There’s a lot of rumbling going…
Germany exports less plastic waste abroad – Economy
Germany has recently exported significantly less plastic waste abroad. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden on Tuesday, around 745,100 tons of plastic waste were exported last year.…
170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating in the oceans – Knowledge
Paper straws, single-use plastic bags banned from the supermarket, coffee in the canteen only in your own thermos mug: it feels like something is being done, at least in Germany,…
The Vitra Design Museum is dedicated to plastic culture
In his book “Everyday Myths”, the French philosopher Roland Barthes celebrates plastic as “magical matter”. The year is 1957 and Barthes writes: “So plastic is not just a substance, it…
Regensburg: a tunnel becomes an underwater world – Munich
Simply cross the station hall and keep to the right at platform 1, the DB employee answered the question about the “Art Lab”. Then down the stairs to the pedestrian…