Great Barrier Reef Corals Eat Plastic
Researchers in Australia have found that corals commonly found on the Great Barrier Reef will eat micro-plastic pollution. Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic in the environment and are a widespread contaminant in marine ecosystems, particularly in inshore coral reefs.
Natural Disasters in Asia and Pacific Impact 80 Million People, Cost 60 Billion Dollars, in 2014
More than half of the world’s 226 natural disasters occurred in the Asia and Pacific region last year.
The Front Line of Climate Change: Alaska Village Must Relocate as Arctic Sea Ice Thins
Climate change is forcing an isolated Alaskan village, roughly 80 miles above the Arctic Circle, to relocate.
Freakish Weather on Both US Coasts is Related
The plight of East Coasters may seem distant to Californians fretting over the latest predictions for a toasty, dry March that would almost certainly extend the devastating drought from three years to four. But, climate scientists say, the sometimes freakish weather abnormalities are two parts of a whole.