The Cocos Keeling Islands, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, are covered with an estimated 414 million pieces of plastic pollution, weighing 238 tons, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Alien Invasion
A new study shows that invasive species can have a dramatic impact on native species — and that a strong proactive response can help mitigate those impacts.
How We Make Complex Decisions
When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions.
Energy Efficiency Policy
Avoiding catastrophic climate change was never going to be easy, and every year that passes makes the challenge a little more daunting.
Study Finds 24 Percent of West Antarctic Ice Is Now Unstable
In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that a quarter of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.