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Autonomous Draper Drone to detect microplastics in the water

AGreenLiving

Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat almost invisible to the naked eye. Microplastics are created in one of two main ways: the breakdown of larger plastic debris, or from industries that make small plastic particles such as microfibers in clothing and microbeads.

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More than half of Europes native trees face extinction

AGreenLiving

The unfortunate decline is due to the combination of three paramount factors: problematic invasive species , unsustainable deforestation from logging and wood harvesting and urban development. Europe’s endemic trees are threatened by extinction, states a recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment on biodiversity.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. We found microplastics everywhere,” Granek says.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

Cruz has logged more than 160 dives since the age of 10 and has been shooting underwater photographs since he was 12. Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment. He fell in love with the ocean from an early age, thanks to his parents, who work as marine conservationists.