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Satellite can spot plastic rubbish from space

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Australian researchers have developed a new method for spotting plastic rubbish on beaches and successfully field tested it on a remote stretch of coastline. The satellite imagery tool developed by RMIT University scientists picks up differences in how sand, water and plastics reflect light, allowing plastics to be spotted on shorelines from more than 600km …

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