September 7, 2018 Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Texas-sized 'island' of trash in ocean, to be tackled by giant floating vessel Officials are gearing up for the launch of a floating vessel — an elaborate plan masterminded by a college dropout — this weekend with the hope it will act as a giant trash collector and eventually rid the Pacific Ocean of a Texas-sized "island" of garbage.
August 15, 2018 Blue-green toxic algae invades Florida river As Florida reels from the ‘red tide’ algae bloom on its Gulf Coast, a freshwater bloom on the other side of the state has caused blue-green toxic slime to invade the St. Lucie River.
August 13, 2018 Plan to clear Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Texas-sized 'island' of trash in ocean, draws concerns A years-long plan masterminded by a college dropout to help rid the Pacific Ocean of a Texas-sized island of garbage will kick off in a month.
July 23, 2018 Some Napa Valley wines contain traces of radioactive particles from Fukushima, study finds This wine has a bite and it’s not the tannins.
July 17, 2018 Texas company builds new oyster reef after Hurricane Harvey devastated population Prestige Oysters, one of the nation’s leading oyster distributors, is planting 10,000 tons of limestone off the coast of Galveston County. The latest endeavor is the first new reef on a private lease in the area in about 40 years. Last year, Hurricane Harvey caused salinity levels to drop, leading to the widespread death of oysters in the area.
June 4, 2018 Whale dies in Thailand after eating more than 80 plastic bags A whale in Thailand that died Friday was discovered to have more than 80 plastic bags and other items in its stomach, according to researchers.
April 26, 2018 CRISPR could one day help conservationists save our ocean’s coral In a recent study, scientists demonstrated for the first time that the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be successfully used on coral. The breakthrough suggests CRISPR could offer a boost for conservationists.
April 20, 2018 Knife-wielding monk seal pup spotted on Hawaii beach Hawaiian officials are warning beachgoers after a monk seal pup was spotted on a local beach with a knife in its mouth.
April 18, 2018 Scientists investigating a plastic-eating microbe accidentally improved it Some rare good news in the fight against plastic pollution: Scientists working with a plastic-eating microbe discovered in Japan two years ago accidentally created a mutant enzyme that sounds like an environmentalist's dream, the Guardian reports.
April 17, 2018 More than 95 percent of world's population breathe polluted, dangerous air, study says More than 95 percent of the world’s population is breathing polluted, unsafe air and the hardest hit areas are in Africa and Asia, a major study of global air pollution has found.
