研究：2040年全球塑料垃圾至少将达到7亿吨
<p>你还在用塑料吸管吗？研究人员发现，即使全球的人们从现在起扔掉吸管，尽量减少塑料垃圾的产生，到2040年塑料垃圾还是会达到7亿吨以上，这对于海洋和野生动植物都是一场灾难。</p><p> <span word="Photo">Photo</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Brian">Brian</span> <span word="Yurasits">Yurasits</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Unsplash">Unsplash</span></p><p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="embarked">embarked</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="immediate">immediate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="globally">globally</span>-<span word="coordinated">coordinated</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> 710 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="metric">metric</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="pollute">pollute</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2040, <span word="new">new</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="found">found</span>.</p><p>新研究发现，如果全世界联合起来立即采取行动来降低塑料消费，预计到2040年污染环境的塑料垃圾仍将达到7.1亿公吨。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Science">Science</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="best">best</span>-<span word="case">case</span> <span word="scenario">scenario</span>" <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="by">by</span> 80% <span word="by">by</span> 2040, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="build">build</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="accumulated">accumulated</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span>.</p><p>一个跨国研究团队开展的这项研究发现，即使在“最好的情况下”，也就是到2040年塑料污染总量减少80%，累积的塑料垃圾总量仍然会很庞大。该研究本周四<span word="Millions">Millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oceans">oceans</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="polluting">polluting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seas">seas</span>, <span word="littering">littering</span> <span word="beaches">beaches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="endangering">endangering</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span>. <span word="Plastic">Plastic</span> <span word="particles">particles</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="soils">soils</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="atmosphere">atmosphere</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Antarctica">Antarctica</span>. <span word="Microplastics">Microplastics</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="eaten">eaten</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="fish">fish</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="creatures">creatures</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="chain">chain</span>.</p>
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