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October 21, 2015

Study claims 2010 BP oil spill left 'bathtub ring' on sea floor

The BP oil spill left an oily "bathub ring" on the sea floor that's about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows.

October 21, 2015

Big methane burp: Cow farts a greater problem than EPA previously thought, study says

The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane -- a potent heat-trapping gas -- than the federal government estimates, a new comprehensive scientific study says. Guess where it comes from?

October 21, 2015

Antarctic ozone hole hits 2013 peak size

The Antarctic ozone hole reached its biggest extent for the year on Sept.

October 21, 2015

Molasses spill suffocating Hawaiian fish

The spill that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor last week is suffocating the harbor's underwater inhabitants

October 20, 2015

Beautiful, eerie fluorescent glow of Hong Kong seas indicates harmful algal bloom at work

Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially toxic, marine biologists say.

October 20, 2015

Scientists, researchers explore replanting trees to help catch pollution

One of the nation's largest chemical companies and one of its oldest conservation groups have forged an unlikely partnership that seeks to recreate some of a long-gone forest to curb pollution.

October 20, 2015

There's a new species taking over at Chernobyl

What happens when humans abandon 1,600 square miles because of radioactivity?

October 20, 2015

China, other Asian countries chief source of 8.8 million tons of plastics that hit ocean

Each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic ends up in the world oceans, a quantity much higher than previous estimates, according to a new study that tracked marine debris from its source.

October 20, 2015

Last minute deal salvaged UN climate talks

A last-minute deal that salvaged U.N. climate talks from collapse early Sunday sends a signal the rich-poor divide that long held up progress can be overcome with a year to go before a landmark pact is supposed to be adopted in Paris.

October 20, 2015

New scientific study estimates nearly 270,000 tons of plastic floating in world's oceans

A new study estimates nearly 270,000 tons of plastic is floating in the world's oceans. That's enough to fill more than 38,500 garbage trucks.