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Date Time Combined flows send up to 3 billion microplastics a day into Bay of Bengal The Ganges River – with the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers – could be responsible for up to 3 billion microplastic particles entering the Bay of Bengal every day, according to new research. The study represents the first investigation of microplastic abundance, characteristics and seasonal variation along the river and was conducted using samples collected by an international team of scientists as part of the National Geographic Society’s Sea to Source: Ganges expedition. Over two e...

River Ganga could send 3 bn microplastics a day into Bay of Bengal ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Fri, Jan 22 2021 21:12 IST | ​ 0 Views   Kolkata, Jan 22 : With the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, the Ganga river could be responsible for up to 3 billion microplastic particles entering the Bay of Bengal every day, according to new research by an international team of scientists. The microplastics identified were dominated by fibers and fragments, according to the study. Ganga rises in the Himalayas and runs through India and Bangladesh, where it joins the Brahmapu...

The Ganges River is one of the biggest rivers in the world, providing water for a whopping half a billion people.  But a worrying new study has warned that the river, with the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, could be responsible for up to three billion microplastic particles entering the Bay of Bengal every day. Researchers hope the findings will provide the first step in understanding how the Ganges River, as well as other major rivers, may contribute to oceanic microplastic. A new study has warned that the Ganges river, with the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and M...

Dec 17 2020 Read 802 Times A team of researchers from the UK have found evidence of microplastics at the top of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. The discovery means that microplastics have now reached both the highest and the deepest regions of the world, with the substance previously having been discovered at the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It’s thought that the microplastics were released into the environment through the clothing and hiking gear that intrepid explorers intent on conquering the mountain inadvertently bring with them. Most of the plastics found in the sam...

“Forever chemicals” used in water-repellant outdoor gear have been found in snow from the top of Mount Everest.  Kimberley Miner says these human-made per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — which have been linked to birth defects, high cholesterol and increased risk of kidney and testicular cancer — could eventually pose a risk for trekkers, climbers and residents who drink the meltwater.  Miner, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, is lead author of the paper “Deposition of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ on M...