John Vibes – According to a new study published in the journal Science, scientists recently discovered 1.9 million pieces of microplastic in an area of about 11 square feet.
Jordan Davidson – Pollution from the nuclear waste site is leaving the enclosed structure and leaking into the food chain.
Anna Hunt – This 85-week remarkable beach cleanup effort resulted in one of the most dramatic beach makeovers, ever.
Christina Sarich – This new device filters plastic bottles, bags, and even floating fuel, from marine waters without harming wildlife.
Buck Rogers – Trapped in time from sanctions and isolation, Cuba’s marine ecosystems are still thriving.
Lynn Hasselberger – It seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our every day lives, and we can’t escape plastic pollution, either.
Nicholas Barrett, Mongabay Waking Times Small fragments of plastic waste are damaging the health of lugworms, putting a key cog in marine ecosystems at risk. Published in Current Biology, a new study by scientists at the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth shows the impact of microplastics on the marine worms’ health and behavior. …
Mike G, DeSmogBlog Waking Times The modern environmental movement was born when a drilling platform blew out and some 100,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969, polluting California’s famous coastline. Yet as the race to exploit the vast amount of oil in the Monterey Shale heats up, environmentalists are warning that the state …
