Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action
- Written by Matthew Savoca, Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University
Plastic debris on a beach on Lanai, a sparsely populated Hawaiian island.Matthew Koller, CC BY-NDPlastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. And a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine makes clear that the U.S. is a big...