Nanoplastics — an underestimated problem?
Giant vortices of floating plastic trash in the world's oceans with sometimes devastating consequences for their inhabitants - the sobering legacy of our modern...
Pyrosomes: Enigmatic marine inhabitants with an important role in the Cabo Verde ecosystem
Pyrosomes spend their entire lives in the open ocean and therefore easily go unnoticed. Nevertheless, they are key components of deep-sea ecosystems. This is...
New ‘key-hole surgery’ technique to extract metals from the Earth
Researchers have developed a new method to extract metals, such as copper, from their parent ore body. The research team have provided a proof...
Air pollution linked to high blood pressure in children; other studies address air quality...
A meta-analysis of 14 air pollution studies from around the world found that exposure to high levels of air pollutants during childhood increases the...
Cayman Islands sea turtles back from the brink
Sea turtles in the Cayman Islands are recovering from the brink of local extinction, new research shows.
Greta Thunberg and Fridays For Future, from global myth to local mobilization
In 2019 the climate movement experienced an unprecedented growth in its mobilization capacity and its political and media impact. The success of the movement...
Mangroves and seagrasses absorb microplastics
Microplastics do not just end up in the open sea - in fact, a lot also end up in the ecosystems of the coastal...
Artificial intelligence to monitor water quality more effectively
Artificial intelligence that enhances remote monitoring of water bodies - highlighting quality shifts due to climate change or pollution - has been developed.
Plastic pollution in the deep sea: A geological perspective
A new article summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments.
Local impacts from fracking the Eagle Ford
Scientists simulated the local risk of damaging or nuisance-level shaking caused by hydraulic fracturing across the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas. The results...
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