Great Lakes Teeming With Tiny Plastic Fibers
Scientists who have reported that the Great Lakes are awash in tiny bits of plastic are raising new alarms about a little-noticed form of the debris turning up in sampling nets: synthetic fibers from garments, cleaning cloths and other consumer products.
New York City To Ban Use Of Plastic Foam Containers
New York City will become the largest city in the country to ban restaurants from using plastic foam containers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.
Integrated Farming: The Only Way to Survive a Rising Sea
Increased salinity now affects farmlands in 52 of the roughly 102 inhabited islands on the Indian side of the massive tidal mangrove forest covering some 10,000 km in the vast Bay of Bengal delta.
Coloring the Sea around the Pribilof Islands
The Pribilofs are surrounded by nutrient-rich waters in the Bering Sea.