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  "id": 18519363,
  "title": "Microplastic pollution could be changing the color of the Pacific Ocean",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/microplastic-pollution-could-be-changing-the-color-of-the-pacific",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-06T15:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-microplastic-pollution-pacific-ocean.html"
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  "summary": "Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the largest offshore plastic accumulation zone has been labeled the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "'Pacific ocean like a person burning with fever': Scientists warn of stronger typhoons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/pacific-ocean-like-a-person-burning-with-fever-scientists-warn-of",
        "published": "2026-11-05T05:03:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Scientist",
        "title": "Microplastics may be changing the colour of the Pacific Ocean",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/microplastics-may-be-changing-the-colour-of-the-pacific-ocean",
        "published": "2026-11-05T16:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing the color of the ocean",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-changing-the-color-of-the-ocean",
        "published": "2026-11-05T17:15:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Slashdot",
        "title": "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Changing the Color of the Ocean",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-changing-the-color-of-the-ocean",
        "published": "2026-11-06T03:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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