Wide Angle: Drowning in Plastic
In our throw-away culture, one substance is coming back to haunt us more than anything else: plastic. From the oceans to your dinner plate, plastic and plastic chemicals are everywhere. The effects they're having on our health and our environment are staggering, and are just beginning to come into view.
-
-
What's an Ocean Garbage Patch?: Video
How much trash is in our oceans? And does it look more like a floating landfill or a plastic soup? Jorge Ribas asks a researcher about her recent trip into the Atlantic Garbage Patch.
-
Slide Show: The Great Atlantic Garbage Patch
Researchers went looking to see if the North Atlantic Ocean held a giant "garbage patch" like the infamous swirl of plastic in the Pacific. What they found was staggering.
-
Of Plastics and Whales. And Other Marine Life.
The stomach of a gray whale found near Seattle last week was chock full of garbage, including lots of plastic. Plastic is the most abundant form of trash in the region's waters, research has found, and it can be lethal.
-
IM Interview: Waves of Plastic
Last summer, Miriam Goldstein led a research cruise to the North Pacific Gyre to see how much plastic there was and whether it was making its way into the food chain. What she found astounded her.
-
Citizen Scientist Trawl for Ocean Plastic
Lending nets out to amateur pollution-hunters will help researchers get a handle on how much plastic is littering the world's ocean.
-
'Biodegradable' Doesn't Always Mean Earth-Friendly
Without proper composting facilities, throwing away biodegradable materials may actually be worse for the environment.
-
Tech: Where Does Our Garbage Go? (Video)
A new high-tech project aims to keep tabs on where your trash goes after you throw it out.
|
|
MOST VIEWED STORIES
- Mars Rover Snaps Stunning Self-Portrait: Big Pic
- Word Bubbles
- The Discovernator
- Puzzle of the Week! Croc-Camel Claw
- The Art of Controversy: Photos
- Bud First 2012 Atlantic Hurricane: Storm Tracker
- Memory Matrix
- Space Station Spies a Dragon Flying Below: Big Pic
- Is 'Planet X 2.0' Lurking Beyond Pluto's Orbit?
- Space: Tumbleweed Rovers Could Explore Mars
Earth Contributors
Blogroll
- Adventures in Climate Change
- All My Faults Are Stress Related
- Clastic Detritus
- Climate Progress
- Deep Sea News
- Dot Earth
- Eco Compass
- EcoTone
- Eruptions
- Green Gabbro
- Highly Allochthonous
- The Island of Doubt
- Journal Watch (Conservation Mag)
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker
- MongaBay
- On Earth
- Planet Green
- Real Climate
- TreeHugger
- Volcanista
-
our sites
-
video
-
shop
-
stay connected
-
corporate
