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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 2w ago
Limited waste collection services in rural communities linked to high microplastic levels in Mekong River https://phys.org/news/2026-10-limited-rural-communities-linked-high.html #Mekong #river #MekongRiver #environment #plastic #microplastics #waste #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
Limited waste collection services in rural communities linked to high microplastic levels in Mekong River
phys.org

Limited waste collection services in rural communities linked to high microplastic levels in Mekong River

Plastics are accumulating in ecosystems around the world, and their tiny fragments can collect and carry chemical pollutants and pathogens into plants, animals and people. When fishermen in Cambodia's Mekong River became alarmed about the amounts of plastic they were hauling up with each catch, they reached out to scientists for help.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1mo ago
Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/despite-a-drop-in-deforestation-in-2025-forest-losses-pile-up-in-the-mekong/ #Mekong #environmen #forest #deforestation
Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong
news.mongabay.com

Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong

BANGKOK — Over the course of 2025, the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 hectares (1.8 million acres) of tree cover, an area roughly equivalent to the size of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, according to Mongabay’s analysis*. Data published by the Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory at the […]

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