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February 4, 2020

US nuclear waste storage containers could corrode, new study warns

The containers being used by the United States government to store dangerous nuclear waste far underground could be vulnerable to damage, researchers report.

January 28, 2020

Rescued green turtle poops out wide range of human trash

Garbage in, garbage out -- as the old saying goes -- also seems to apply to a rescued green turtle.

January 22, 2020

Pollution in New York linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away

Air pollutants from fires as far away as Canada and the southeastern U.S. have traveled hundreds of miles to spike pollution concentrations in New York City and Connecticut.

December 10, 2019

'Nuclear battlefield' revealed as scientists map Bikini Atoll test craters and sunken warships

For the first time, scientists have conducted extensive mapping of the seafloor at Bikini Atoll, the remote Pacific Ocean testing site for atomic bombs between 1946 and 1954.

December 9, 2019

Massachusetts, New Jersey move closer to plastic bag bans

The two states would join eight others in banning plastic bags altogether in an effort to cut pollution. Meanwhile, some small business owners are calling foul.

December 4, 2019

Oceans contain a million times more microplastic than we realized, alarming study claims

The amount of microplastic in the world's oceans is a million times greater than previously thought, according to alarming new research.

December 3, 2019

Baby porpoises are being poisoned by a 'cocktail of chemicals'

Baby porpoises in the U.K. are being poisoned by what's described as a "cocktail of chemicals" stemming from pollutants in their mother's milk.

November 29, 2019

Electronic waste pileup sparks warnings

The pileup of electronic waste will only accelerate with consumers buying more and more devices.

November 15, 2019

China's largest garbage dump at capacity -- 25 years early

China's biggest dump is already full -- 25 years early -- after the massive amount of waste produced by the country's 1.4 billion people forced the garbage graveyard to accept four times as much trash per day as it was designed for.

November 12, 2019

In South Korea, mass pig slaughter stains river blood-red

A river near the inter-Korean border ran red after being polluted by blood from pig carcasses after an outbreak in South Korea of African swine fever.