By Christopher Thompson New research led by Hampden-Sydney College has revealed that microplastic pollution has become a bigger threat to baleen whales than oil spills or drilling. The whales have a hair-like tissue made of keratin in their massive jaws that they use to filter water and extract food, such as plankton and krill. According […]

By Ryan Johnson If you’re still deciding where to take your summer vacation, 2019 brings major anniversaries, new flight routes, buzzy museum openings and more. In no particular order, check out our picks for where to travel this summer: 1. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia The Salar de Uyuni, or Uyuni Salt Flat, is a vast […]

By Christopher Thompson In a world awash with plastic trash, the complexity and cost of recycling plastic on an industrial scale remain a challenge, but one innovative enterprise wants to put the power to recycle in the hands of communities. Precious Plastic has developed a scalable DIY recycling model that re-conceives plastic waste as a […]

By Ryan Johnson Getting on the path to financial freedom doesn’t have to involve taking an all-or-nothing risk. Want to make money online? Want to rake in millions almost effortlessly? Sure, most silver-tongued marketers might lead you to believe that the good life is just a few keystrokes away. They tell you that your path […]

By Christopher Thompson New study suggests streaming music leads to at least 200 to 350 million kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions Around 2013, University of Oslo professor Kyle Devine was reading a lot about junk. He’dgrown fascinated with a subset of media studies that grappled with the growing problem of e-waste — old cellphones, computers, […]

After months of dismal surface freight demand, for-hire truck tonnage surged in April, climbing 7.4 percent from March and rising 7.7 percent year over year, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced Tuesday. But was the freight business really that good? “I do not think the fundamentals underlying truck tonnage are as strong as April’s figure […]

By Ryan Johnson Plastic makes up nearly 70% of all ocean litter, putting countless aquatic species at risk. But there is a tiny bit of hope—a teeny, tiny one to be precise: Scientists have discovered that microscopic marine microbes are eating away at the plastic, causing trash to slowly break down. To conduct the study, […]

By Christopher Thompson New documentary will premiere on HBO this June Leonardo DiCaprio highlights the various efforts around the world to curb climate change in the trailer for the new documentary Ice on Fire. The film was directed by Leila Conners and will premiere June 11th on HBO. DiCaprio produced the film and serves as […]

By Ryan Johnson CarbonLITE is launching a new category of PET plastic—100 percent post-consumer, ocean-diverted plastic. As part of its closed loop philosophy, CarbonLITE Industries, a global recycler and producer of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate plastic (PET), is launching a new category: 100 percent post-consumer, ocean-diverted plastic. CarbonLITE’s newest offering will replace virgin materials for food, […]

Average size of wild animals predicted to fall by a quarter in 100 years through extinctions Humanity’s ongoing destruction of wildlife will lead to a shrinking of nature, with the average body size of animals falling by a quarter, a study predicts. The researchers estimate that more than 1,000 larger species of mammals and birds […]