by Environmental News | Jun 24, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Malorie Macklin / Source: One Green Planet Marine life is currently under attack from all sides by plastic. From plastic in the form of large plastic bags and 2-liter soda bottles to tiny microplastics, our oceans are absolutely inundated with the stuff. It’s...
by Environmental News | Jun 13, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Catherine Rice / Source: Nature World News (Photo : Mario Tama/Getty Images) We don’t usually think of oceans as being filled with sound. But that’s exactly what oceanographer Kate Stafford studies — the underwater soundscapes of...
by Environmental News | Jun 11, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Andrea Thompson / Source: Grist Hot spots of ocean acidification have been found in the waters that wash onto the shores of the West Coast, a major concern for the region’s billion-dollar fishing industry as well as the region’s potentially fragile...
by Environmental News | May 28, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Michelle Kelly / Source: One Green Planet The first plastic sandwich bags were introduced in 1957. Nine years later, plastic produce bags were rolled out in grocery stores. It took three decades before the recycling of plastic bags began in 1990, but...