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09/25/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Whales washed up on Germany’s shore found to have stomachs full of plastic trash

A devastating sight came to shore last year, when over a dozen whales beached themselves along the German coastline. Four of the 13 stranded sperm whales had stomachs filled with plastic trash and other garbage — a sign of the times and a clear indicator that humans are taking their toll across the globe. “These […]

07/06/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Simply washing your clothes pollutes the world with microplastics, so stop buying synthetic fibers

Innocently using a washing machine could inadvertently damage the environment. Researchers have now concluded that washing cycles, regardless of number or length, released vast amounts of microplastics from fabrics, which inevitably entered the environment through wastewater. The results were published in Environmental Science and Technology and reflected the first-ever meticulous and systematic investigation on how […]

06/08/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Great Barrier Reef being destroyed by CHEMICALS, not global warming: Scientists pinpoint the synthetic toxins responsible

With so much attention being given to global warming these days it easy to blame our changing climate for everything that is going wrong in this world. However, new research by scientists from the University of Queensland revealed that man-made substances and chemicals, not global warming, are the cause of mass contamination of the ocean […]

06/05/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Newly-evolved microbes may be consuming plastic waste in the ocean

While scientists, environmentalists, and world leaders scramble to mitigate the effects of plastic pollution, mother nature has solved the problem herself through evolution. In investigating the amount of plastic in the oceans, scientists found that plastic-eating microbes may be helping lessen and prevent the increase of waste in the water, according to a report on NewScientist.com. Scientists […]

02/16/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Ocean of trash: An “island” of garbage is moving in on Thailand’s tourist resorts

An enormous garbage “island” found floating in the Gulf of Thailand is now threatening to move ashore onto some of Thailand’s most popular beaches. The garbage patch, which is roughly 10 kilometers long and weighs an estimated 100 tons, was recently discovered by a fishing trawler captain off the coast of Chumphon province. The floating […]

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