FISHY BUSINESS: Scientists Create Fish-Shaped Robots To Absorb Microplastics

Scientists have created fish-shaped robots to swim around and collect microplastics from the oceans’ nooks and crannies. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles that can be harmful to marine animals when ingested, settle at the bottom of waterways and are hard to remove from the environment. Chinese scientists have developed a small,…

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The announcement from the Ministerio del Ambiente that microplastics found for the first time in fish from the Peruvian Amazon, in November, 2021. (Newsflash)

Microplastics Found For The First Time In Fish From Peruvian Amazon

Microplastics have been found for the first time in fish from the Peruvian Amazon. The announcement was made by the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment, which detailed an investigation that has identified microplastics in the stomachs of fish from the River Amazon. The fish in whose stomachs the plastic was…

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