How Much Plastic Is Used Every Day?

How Much Plastic Is Used Every Day?

Single-use plastics make up a lot of the things that we use in our everyday lives. Every day, for example, more than 500 million single-use plastic straws are used around the world, contributing to a monumental problem of environmental pollution. Single-use plastics...
New Technologies in Conservation

New Technologies in Conservation

Environmental science and interest in widespread conservation efforts have led to a ton of new research into improving out technologies that help with conservation projects worldwide. From monitoring, analyzing, and predicting the state of various environments and...
Cleaning Up The Ocean

Cleaning Up The Ocean

How much progress is being made in cleaning up pollution in the ocean? Every year, as thousands of tonnes of plastic and other garbage is dumped into the ocean, a concerted effort must be made simply in order to keep the level of pollution stable, much less reduce it....
Discover a Species: Atlantic Wolffish

Discover a Species: Atlantic Wolffish

Atlantic Wolffish is one of the species of concern according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service. They are actually a very unique species that is able to produce their own antifreeze in order to keep...
Hitting Your Daily Straw Quota

Hitting Your Daily Straw Quota

Many of us may not think about how many times a day we use (or would potentially use) single-use plastic straws. With containerization and the development of a food industry based on speed, single-use plastics including straws, utensils, and take-out containers have...