Microplastics are in the air we breathe and in Earth’s atmosphere, and they affect...
We highlight just how widespread microplastic pollution is and the potential it has to influence climate on a global scale.
French oil company Total ‘knew about global warming impact in 1971’, study finds
“Total is fully aware of the fact that each of its activities can generate pollution that may affect the equilibrium of nature.”
Climate change could turn a carbon sink into a carbon bomb
There is some debate as to whether this thawing of permafrost in peatland ecosystems is “a long freight train moving slowly as it unloads its greenhouse gases" or a carbon bomb about to blow as the train careens off the tracks.
We need immediate and drastic climate action
We must very rapidly stop the extraction and use of fossil fuels.
99.9% of scientists agree on human-caused climate change
“Our study helps confirm that there is no remaining scientific uncertainty about the urgency and gravity of this task.”
California cop under investigation after punching teen on video
“This incident, like any use of force incident involving a Hemet Police Officer is taken seriously and will be thoroughly investigated.”
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes
Author Paul Watson has no problem with critics calling him and his marine-life-defending colleagues pirates—it’s far better than helplessly standing by and doing nothing in the face of the violence against animals they have witnessed.
Amazon, IKEA among 9 companies pledging to use zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040
“If major retail brands truly want to do their fair share on climate change, they need to be on a course correction now, not 19 years from now.”
Water protectors show that ‘another world is possible’ — through resistance and care
During a week of action with over 600 arrests, water protectors occupying the Bureau of Indian Affairs showed that caring for one another is directly connected to caring for the Earth.
Plastic, plastic everywhere – airborne microplastics are settling into the most remote corners of...
Compared with microplastics in the marine and terrestrial environments, the phenomenon of airborne microplastics is even less well understood.