Plastic Pollution

How banning plastic bags could help New York mitigate climate change

Actor Jason Momoa may not have been a part of the recent epic Game of Thrones battle onscreen – but the star is still using his Dothraki strength to fight even bigger battles offscreen. In an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show Momoa showed off his ax-thro…

There’s an awful lot of awful in the just-released summary of a new U.N. report on biodiversity and ecosystem. There’s the tenfold increase in plastic pollution since 1980, for example. There’s the 400 million tons of heavy metals, toxic sludge and fertilizer…

A growing body of evidence suggests the planet is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction. The phrase "mass extinction" typically conjures up images of the asteroid crash that led to the twilight of the dinosaurs. But we are most likely in the middle of an…

Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode program…

The plastic bottles, straws and grocery bags that wash ashore on beaches are some of the most visible signs that societys intoxication with plastic is taking a toll on the environment. But scientists say there is another source of plastic pollution that is ju…

The world is changing faster than many of us can keep up with, but there has never been a better time to be a curious person, says National Geographic. The veteran magazines inquisitive audience are being rewarded with the launch of a new platform that seeks…

Maine has become the first state to ban food containers made of polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill Tuesday that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, prohibiting businesses from selling or distributing disposab…

In 1965, a humble British survey accidentally uncovered one of the first known examples of plastic pollution in the ocean. J Shepherd/Getty Images In 1925, on a fruitless whale-watching expedition somewhere in the Southern Ocean, Sir Alister Hardy had a brig…

It's about a generation who can't pretend not to be aware about what's happening anymore. Plastic pollution is a plague. Reset your habits to protect what's under the surface. We don't see it but we know it.The ocean is beautiful. Plastic pollution is a plag…