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’s 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’s worst nuclear accident.
Pollution October 9, 2017 Beware radioactive wild boars: Hunters in Sweden concerned about Chernobyl’s frightening legacy Some 31 years after the world’s 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—and 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 “fatberg” 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.