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Earth ‘covered in plastic’: 5bn tons of waste has contaminated marine life, entered food chain
Some 5 billion tons of plastic waste are littering our planet and the total amount is enough to wrap the Earth in clingfilm, a new international study has found. Scientists compare the grave pollution levels to a start of a new geological epoch.
Jan 26, 2016 06:53
Gas emissions delayed the next ice age by 100,000 years – study
Man-made greenhouse gas emissions have postponed the next ice age for an unusually long time, scientists say. Thanks to our industrial activity, the Earth won’t freeze over for another 100,000 years, a new study suggests.
Jan 14, 2016 05:18
Hot air or grave warning? Scientific report prompts talk of catastrophic ‘volcano season’
A volcanic eruption with the potential to “return humanity to a pre-civilization state” could happen within the next 80 years, according to a study by the European Science Foundation. Have we now heard the last argument in the debate the study triggered?
Jan 10, 2016 14:16
Alaska, Oregon and Washington, DC vote to legalize recreational marijuana
Tense voting on Tuesday saw recreational marijuana legalized in Washington DC and Oregon, with Alaska expected to follow suit. In Florida, a vote to legalize the use of medical marijuana fell just short of a constitutional 60 percent majority.
Nov 5, 2014 02:58
‘Plastic stones’ found at remote Hawaii beach
When humanity is extinct, alien researchers studying Earth may find evidence of our presence here in the form of plastic rocks buried underground. This is what a new study of “plastiglomerates” suggests in Hawaii.
Jun 8, 2014 12:57