Category Archives: News
Plastic-Eating Fungi Found in the Amazon May Solve World’s Waste Problem
A group of students and professors from Yale University have found a fungi in the Amazon rainforest that can degrade and utilize the common plastic polyurethane (PUR). As part of the university’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory educational program, designed to engage undergraduate
Surfing Champ Kelly Slater Slams Bali’s Polluted Beaches
Kelly Slater dodging rubbish at Padang over the weekend. Slater was less than impressed by the sad state of the natural landscape, taking to his Twitter to say: “If Bali doesn’t #DoSomething serious about this pollution it’ll be impossible to
Plastic trash in oceans ‘vastly’ underestimated
An oceanographer who noticed a disappearing act in which the surface of the ocean went from confetti-covered to clear now suggests wind may driving large amounts of trash deeper into the sea. “The scope of the (plastic debris) problem is
Your Seafood Choices Matter
The choices we make, one meal at a time, add up. Together we can make a big difference. Here is an excellent up-to-date resource for learning which seafood to buy and which to avoid. Learn more at Seafood Watch.
60 Years After Leaving, Porpoises Again Play In SF Bay
by Lauren Sommer Courtesy: www.npr.org Something that has been missing from San Francisco Bay since World War II appears to be making a comeback: Harbor porpoises are showing up in growing numbers, and researchers are trying to understand why they’re