March 12th, 2018 Krill may be reducing the amount of microplastic in the oceans through their digestive system, creating nanoplastics in their place, a new study has found. The study in Nature Communications found that the small crustaceans – a staple in the diet of seals, whales, squid, and penguins Read more…
February 13th, 2018 Plastic bottles were found at over 80 per cent of all coastal sites surveyed during the latest All-Ireland Coastwatch Survey on coastal waste and marine litter. Launched this morning at Trinity College Dublin, the survey results indicate that plastic bottles are the primary macro litter item found Read more…
January 26th, 2018 Although marketed as the ‘caviar of the sea’, Fleur de Sel may contain much larger amounts of microplastics than normal salt, a new German study suggests. Fleur de Sel is seen as an extraordinarily noble salt by many customers. Due to its harvesting method, usually by hand Read more…
