Irish teenager wins global science award for removing microplastics from water
Fionn Ferreira from Cork received a €45,000 bursary.
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Fionn Ferreira from Cork received a €45,000 bursary.
The garden is on show at Bloom Festival, which runs from 30 May to 3 June.
Reclaiming our connection with our watery origins in the ancient sea is an essential part of our human wellbeing and sense of identity and belonging as islanders, writes Easkey Britton.
Microbeads are mostly used in some soaps, shower gels and facial scrubs to exfoliate your skin.
Most of the dump is made up of tiny fragments of plastic smaller than 5mm.
New research confirms a criticised 2015 study which overturned results of a “pause” in oceanic warming.