Nearly 40 years of hurricane satellite imagery suggests that global warming is fuelling stronger storms. Rising seas, longer droughts, more devastating wildfires … many are… Read More »Hurricanes are getting stronger, just as climate scientists predicted
That refreshing ocean breeze could be returning as much as 136,000 tonnes of plastic to land every year, researchers suggest. You know that feeling of… Read More »Sea spray is full of microplastics
Restoration ecologist Karen Holl explains why it’s not that simple. Last year there was some very encouraging research that found there is room for an… Read More »Can planting a trillion trees reverse the damage of climate change?
The film exposes a global catastrophe driven by corporate interests. Plastic. The word evokes familiarity, anxiety, repulsion, fascination. It is a product that, over the… Read More »“The Story of Plastic” is a moving film that reveals where plastic comes from – and where it goes
The feedstocks have never been cheaper and the demand has never been greater. It seems like forever ago when Katherine Martinko wrote Don’t let this… Read More »The plastics industry is booming right now, thanks to the coronavirus
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The World Meteorological Organization said governments must fight climate change with the same determination as they did COVID-19. Global greenhouse gas emissions have dropped significantly… Read More »Post-pandemic climate strategies are badly needed
Thanks to COVID-19 we are generating a lot more of it, and nobody wants to touch it. Time to try and go zero waste. Where… Read More »We are about to get buried in garbage
Listen to scientists, not industry lobbyists, and just keep cleaning. The coronavirus has triggered some unexpected environmental benefits in recent days. Skies are clearing over… Read More »Don’t let this pandemic ruin the fight against single-use plastics
What is vinyl? Vinyl is a particular type of plastic that was first created by a German chemist, Eugen Baumann, in 1872. Decades later, two… Read More »Vinyl: the plastic found in (almost) everything