ocean

No missing sinkEstimates of the flux of microplastics from rivers, in the context of the mass of plastic that has been observed in the ocean, have made it appear that a large, unidentified sink of plastics must exist there. Weiss et al.…

SummaryThe first flight of Snowflake, a black-footed albatross fledgling, marked a milestone in a binational project of the United States and Mexico aimed at keeping the birds safe from the rising sea levels that threaten their survival.…

SummaryPlastic winds up everywhere—from the top of Mount Everest to remote Antarctica. And every year, millions of tons of discarded plastic also wash into the ocean. Research about ocean plastic is swelling, too, from 46 papers in 2011 to…