Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment
Published on by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor in Science
Some scientists in Hawaii did a surprising discovery, showing that plastic debris can emit greenhouse gazes due to solar radiation and this could contribute to climate change..
Read more about their study on virgin plastics and microplastics collected in ALOHA station (located at 100km at the North of O'ahu in international waters) here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200574
Taxonomy
- Climate Change
- Greenhouse Gases
- plastic pollution
- plastic debris