Microplastic Pollution ‘Absolutely Everywhere’

Microplastic Pollution ‘Absolutely Everywhere’

Bolstering global demands to #BreakFreeFromPlastic and end the world’s worsening pollution crisis, a new study from the United Kingdom found microplastic contamination in the UK’s lake and rivers, in groundwater in the US and along the Yangtze river in China and the coast of Spain. Humans are known to consume the tiny plastic particles via…

Atomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They’re Talking
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Atomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They’re Talking

Nearly everyone who’s seen it and lived to tell the tale describes it the same way: a horrifying, otherworldly thing of ghastly beauty that has haunted their life ever since. “The colors were beautiful,” remembers a man in Morgan Knibbe’s short documentary The Atomic Soldiers. “I hate to say that.” “It was completely daylight at…

CO2 Levels Hit 415 PPM for First Time in 3 Million+ Years
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CO2 Levels Hit 415 PPM for First Time in 3 Million+ Years

Atmospheric levels of carbon registered 415 parts per million over the weekend at one of the world’s key measuring stations, a concentration level researchers say has not existed in more than 3 million years—before the dawn of human history.   Taken at the Mauno Loa Observatory in Hawaii by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the…

Students from 1,600 Cities Protest Climate Change
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Students from 1,600 Cities Protest Climate Change

Hundreds of thousands of students around the world walked out of their schools and colleges Friday in the latest in a series of strikes urging action to address the climate crisis. According to event organisers Fridays for Future, over 1664 cities across 125 countries registered strike actions, with more expected to report turnouts in the…

Students from 1,600 Cities Protest Climate Change
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Students from 1,600 Cities Protest Climate Change

Hundreds of thousands of students around the world walked out of their schools and colleges Friday in the latest in a series of strikes urging action to address the climate crisis. According to event organisers Fridays for Future, over 1664 cities across 125 countries registered strike actions, with more expected to report turnouts in the…

CO2 Levels Hit 415 PPM for First Time in 3 Million+ Years

CO2 Levels Hit 415 PPM for First Time in 3 Million+ Years

Atmospheric levels of carbon registered 415 parts per million over the weekend at one of the world’s key measuring stations, a concentration level researchers say has not existed in more than 3 million years—before the dawn of human history.   Taken at the Mauno Loa Observatory in Hawaii by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the…

One Million Species Face Extinction: UN Report

One Million Species Face Extinction: UN Report

Nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades while current efforts to conserve the earth’s resources will likely fail if radical action is not taken, says a major UN report on the impact of humans on nature.   Speaking in Paris at the launch of the 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services—the…