Philadelphia’s Senior Environment Corps tracks pollution
Staying busy and leaving a positive legacy Meyer, 71, volunteers with the Senior Environment Corps because he wants…
EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets
Plastic can end up in the environment by many channels. Improper waste management can cause single-use plastics like…
Researchers make horrifying discovery after examining dolphin guts — here’s what they found
Indus River dolphins are remarkable creatures that evolved to live in rivers after their primary habitat, the ancient…
‘Urgent need for public awareness’
A new study from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, revealed that a hidden danger…
TCU Student Uncovers Fashion’s Hidden Costs—And Designs for the Moon » Dallas Innovates
From left: Charles Freeman, Leslie Browning-Samoni and Adelaide Lovett [Photo: TCU] After learning that microplastic fibers from textiles…
‘I’m still really surprised by it’
Our interest and understanding of DNA as it relates to ancestry and other topics have grown over recent…
Reporter unveils strategy for ‘scrollytelling’ feature on microplastics
Microplastics. Photo by European Commission (CC BY 4.0) On July 28, The Guardian published a digital “scrollytelling” feature…
Easier plastic recycling is on the horizon
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The age of pre-sorting…
The two biggest sources of microplastic pollution are not bottles or straws
The world is in a “plastics crisis” amid concerns plastic production has risen more than 200 times since…
DIY plastic recycling made easy: How a global community is fighting plastic pollution
ADVERTISEMENT It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released…