Marine Microplastics

Particles in Waves: Transport of Microplastics in the Ocean from a Particle Perspective

October 23, 2019

Michelle DiBenedetto, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department

In the sea, not all plastic lasts forever

October 22, 2019

Today Online

A major component of ocean pollution is less devastating and more manageable than usually portrayed.

Study: Styrofoam Might Last Only Decades, Not Millennia, in the Ocean

October 21, 2019

Reason Magazine

Researchers from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution say that sunlight can break down polystyrene within a few decades.

In the Sea, Not All Plastic Lasts Forever

October 14, 2019

New York Times

Polystyrene, a common ocean pollutant, decomposes in sunlight much faster than thought, a new study finds.

Sunlight can degrade polystyrene in decades

October 12, 2019

Times of India

Polystyrene degrades much faster than previously thought.

Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected

October 10, 2019

The general consensus of governmental agencies is that it takes polystyrene thousands of years to fully break down. But a new study shows that it may instead degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight.

Morss Colloquium – Microplastics In The Ocean: Emergency or Exaggeration? The Science of Ocean Plastic Pollution: Laying the Foundation for Solutions

October 9, 2019

Kara Lavender Law, Sea Education Association Sponsored by: Elisabeth W. and Henry A., Morss, Jr., Colloquia Endowed Fund

Microplastics Found In The Ocean And In Human Poop

September 3, 2019

Forbes

Where are the sources of these microplastics? Well, as a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution video explains, some of the microplastics may be coming from larger plastic objects such as bottles and other households goods being ground up by the elements.