Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis
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In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted a major test of technology designed to remove plastic pollution from the water.
It appeared to work, and the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success.
But some scientists noticed something else among the accumulated plastic in the Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos.
“Earlier this year I warned that @TheOceanCleanup would catch and kill floating marine life,” marine ecologist Dr. Rebecca Helm wrote on the social media platform then kno
It appeared to work, and the nonprofit released photos proclaiming its success.
But some scientists noticed something else among the accumulated plastic in the Ocean Cleanup’s publicity photos.
“Earlier this year I warned that @TheOceanCleanup would catch and kill floating marine life,” marine ecologist Dr. Rebecca Helm wrote on the social media platform then kno
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