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Marine Science / How do we get microplastics out of the ocean?

« on: 12/05/2022 14:37:40 »

Paul has a thought on how to combat microplastics in the ocean.

"Is it possible to dangle two lines behind ships one positive, one negative to entice plastic particles to attach themselves and when the vessel gets to the next port the amount of plastic gathered is used to reduce docking fees?"

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Marine Science / How can coral bleaching recover?

« on: 26/01/2022 10:25:09 »

Donald wants to know the answer to this question

"If the bleaching of parts of the great barrier reef was due to acidification and warming of the oceans, why did it recover so quickly and dramatically? Or was the diagnosis wrong, and another cause was overlooked? Or is bleaching not completely understood!"

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Has the distance between the sun & earth changed?

« on: 10/01/2022 10:03:53 »

Rob would like to know the following,

"I'm intrigued in the distance of the Sun to the Earth, and, for as far long back we have recorded, I would like to see the change over the last 20 Years. Also do we have a real-time data collector of this distance?"

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