Are We Underestimating Microplastic Abundance in Marine Environment?
Microplastic debris is ubiquitous and yet sampling, classifying and enumerating this prolific pollutant in marine waters has proven challenging. Typically,... read more →
June 15, 2020
Coronavirus forces US & UK to cancel Antarctic field research
The coronavirus pandemic had already canceled one summer field research season. Now it has come for another: the Antarctic summer. The... read more →
May 3, 2020
Large Hole in the Arctic Ozone Layer Is Now Closed
In a victory for the planet, a large hole in the ozone layer has closed up on its own. Located... read more →
April 29, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Huge Victory For Clean Water
The Clean Water Case of the Century The Nation's highest court has sided with clean water advocates in a decades-long legal... read more →
April 23, 2020
Ocean Plastic Put to a Better Use
The Washed Ashore nonprofit collects garbage on the Oregon coast and creates sculptures of animals whose health is endangered by... read more →
April 1, 2020
Coronavirus Crisis Hits Ice-Locked Arctic Research Expedition
The coronavirus outbreak has reached the Arctic and is imperiling a massive international scientific project after a team member tested... read more →
March 11, 2020
Robotic Underwater Vehicle Snaps First Images of Seafloor Beneath Thwaites Glacier
During the first study of the ocean floor beneath Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, scientists took images of the glacier's foundations. Thwaites... read more →
March 3, 2020
Antarctic Temperature Rises Above 20 C˚ For First Time on Record
Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as ‘incredible and abnormal’ The Antarctic has registered a temperature of more than... read more →
February 19, 2020
World’s Biggest Iceberg is On The Move!
The world's biggest iceberg is about to enter the open ocean. A68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic... read more →
February 19, 2020