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The Manta is a hybrid catamaran that will collect floating plastic

AGreenLiving

Using a biomimetic design, a hybrid propulsion system and a power supply from renewable energy sources, the high-tech boat will not only collect ocean waste but process it as well. Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep.

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Why massive Saharan dust plumes are blowing into the US

Grist

The pandemic is still raging, the Arctic is burning up , and microplastics are polluting every corner of the Earth , but do try to take a deep breath. A satellite captures a dust plume leaving Africa on June 19. The dust plume arrived in the Caribbean a few days after it left Africa. VIDEO: CSU/CIRA/NOAA. VIDEO: CSU/CIRA/NOAA.

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