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Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Hungry Hungry Fungi

Nature really putting the team on its back here.

Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Scientists now have come across strange types of rock that contain manmade plastic in all five inhabited continents.

Plastirocks

This is a disaster.

Scientists Warn That Plastic Rocks Are Appearing Across the World

A crew on board a ship belonging to the nonprofit Ocean Voyages Institute made an unusual discovery while sailing through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Garbage Pail

"We’ve really used the ocean as a garbage pail."

Researchers Scoop "Mysterious" Plastic Objects Out of Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Researchers examined 40 hermit crabs off the coast of England and found that they may be "sexually excited" by oleamide, a plastic additive, in the water.

Plastic Fantastic

The university's PR team got ahead of itself.

No, Plastic Pollution Isn't Driving Crabs Into a Sexual Frenzy

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An environmental group filed a lawsuit last week against big plastic polluters for knowingly misleading the public about how much plastic is being recycled.

Death by Plastic

"These companies should bear the responsibility for choking our ecosystem with plastic."

Anti-Coke Lawsuit: "Plastic Is Set to Outweigh Fish in the Ocean"

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