This is the Strange saga of how scientists went to some of the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean, dug 250 feet into the sediment, collected an ancient community of microbes, took them back to a laboratory, and revived them. And you’re going to think: Why, in the already horrible …
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A woman near the ruins of a summer house destroyed by a fire in a dacha community in the Moshkovo district, Novosibirsk region, southern Siberia. The Novosibirsk region is experiencing hundreds of fires believed to have been caused by burning old grass. Kirill Kukhmar | TASS | fake pictures The …
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-> Plastic has become ubiquitous on store shelves and in our homes. From wrapped food and disposable bottles to microbeads in body soaps, it is widely used as packaging or in products because it is versatile, cheap, and convenient. But this convenience comes at a price. Plastic debris enters the …
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A volunteer cleans up the riverbank surrounding the canal in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Before it was a canal, but the continuous deposit of urban waste has completely obstructed it. Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images More than 1.3 billion tons of plastic waste will flow into …
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Scientists have first identified an active leakage of methane gas from the seabed in Antarctica, increasing the likelihood that the planet is near one of the “tipping points” that would put the impacts of global warming outside the control of humans. According to The Guardian, researchers led by Andrew Thurber …
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