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Pollution April 18, 2018

Scientists investigating a plastic-eating microbe accidentally improved it

Some rare good news in the fight against plastic pollution: Scientists working with a plastic-eating microbe discovered in Japan two years ago accidentally created a mutant enzyme that sounds like an environmentalist's dream, the Guardian reports.

Pollution April 17, 2018

More than 95 percent of world's population breathe polluted, dangerous air, study says

More than 95 percent of the world鈥檚 population is breathing polluted, unsafe air and the hardest hit areas are in Africa and Asia, a major study of global air pollution has found.

Oceans April 9, 2018

Sperm whale swallows 64 pounds of trash, dies of 'gastric shock'

Scientists were appalled to find 64 pounds of garbage and plastic -- including bags, ropes, nets and even a drum -- inside the stomach of a young sperm whale that washed up on a beach in Spain.

Pollution January 24, 2018

Flood of garbage hits beach in Lebanon, sparks outrage

Incredible images show a flood of trash on a beach in Lebanon that has sparked outrage in the country.

Pollution January 17, 2018

Chernobyl is getting a new lease on life - thanks to solar power

More than 30 years after the catastrophic nuclear accident that led to 31 directly-related deaths and is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in recorded history, Chernobyl is getting a new lease on life thanks to a new as a 1MW solar power plant.

Pollution November 17, 2017

Scientists have a new theory on how the Chernobyl disaster unfolded

A new theory on the Chernobyl disaster could shed fresh light on the world鈥檚 worst nuclear accident.

Pollution October 9, 2017

Beware radioactive wild boars: Hunters in Sweden concerned about Chernobyl鈥檚 frightening legacy

Some 31 years after the world鈥檚 worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl, a wild boar with more than 10-times the safe limit of radiation has been killed by hunters hundreds of miles away in Sweden.

Climate September 27, 2017

The plastic we've made weighs as much as 1 billion elephants

A new study puts a number on the amount of plastic the planet has manufactured in the roughly 65 years we've been cranking it out: 9 billion tons.

Pollution September 19, 2017

Activists want ocean garbage patch to be new country

Campaigners want a vast area of floating garbage in the ocean to be the world's newest country鈥攁nd they've already got more would-be citizens than some real countries.

Pollution September 18, 2017

Sewer monster: Disgusting 'fatberg' longer than two soccer fields clogs London sewer

Engineers are battling a 143-ton so-called 鈥渇atberg鈥� of diapers, fat and oil that is clogging up a sewer in London.

Pollution June 29, 2017

Study's message to Americans: 'Our air is contaminated'

Just because air pollution falls below legal limits does not mean you're safe.