Jun 24 Gigantic, floating screen sets course to sift plastic from oceans By Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American If the prototype is successful, a full-scale 100-kilometer-long barrier will be strung out in the Pacific Ocean to collect some 68 million kilograms of floating plastic and trash. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch In Brazil's Olympic bay, tides of death and ecological devastation By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 06 Bellies full of microplastic rob baby fish of their basic instincts By Nsikan Akpan European perch stuff themselves with microplastics rather than natural food, derailing their development, according to new research from Sweden. Continue reading
May 10 Where does America's e-waste end up? GPS tracker tells all By Katie Campbell, KCTS9/EarthFix, Ken Christensen, KCTS9/Earthfix Despite pledges to responsibly recycle old TVs and other unwanted electronics with toxic materials inside, an investigation tracks e-waste from the U.S. to unregulated scrapyards in Hong Kong. Continue reading
Apr 14 Humans and El Niño partner to set record spike in CO2 pollution By David Biello The world may have seen the last of air with CO2 levels below 400 parts per million… Continue reading
Mar 10 These plastic-munching bacteria could degrade soda bottles in weeks By Nsikan Akpan Scientists in Japan have discovered bacteria that feed on plastic and may change the future of recycling. Continue reading
Jan 06 3-month-old methane leak in Southern California declared state of emergency By Nsikan Akpan A methane leak in Southern California has released the equivalent of 700 million gallons of burned gasoline. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch How an environmental group is trying to clean up China's pollution problem By PBS News Hour China, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, has paid a great environmental price for becoming the world's factory. But experts say there is growing political will in Beijing to tackle the crisis. Special correspondent Fred de Sam… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch News Wrap: Heavy smog blankets Chinese cities, New Delhi By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, choking smog filled the air in Chinese cities, prompting pollution warnings. In New Delhi, visibility was down to a mere 200 yards due to the smog. Also, jury selection began for the first of six… Continue watching
Nov 23 These 7 simple airplane fixes could cut carbon emissions in half at little to no cost By Nsikan Akpan U.S. passenger airlines could cut carbon dioxide emissions (and travel headaches) at little to no cost to carriers or consumers, according to a new study. Continue reading