They both release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea. Will we ever be rid of them? Annual production of plastic exceeds eight hundred billion pounds; much of it ends up as microplastics, spreading across the ocean.Illustration by Daniel Liévano Listen to this story Read More…
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DIOXINS damages after Ohio train derailment PERSIST
DIOXINS damages after Ohio train derailment PERSIST in the environment and collect in lipids, meaning they will contaminate milk, cheese, eggs and meat from farms and ranches The massive chemical dioxin plume created by the “controlled explosion” at the site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment will contaminate the food supply in ways that Read More…
Cave Divers, Wakulla Cave System, Tallahassee, Fla.
A group of cave divers is celebrating a milestone in their efforts to map out an unknown world beneath our feet. Blake Wilson (left) and Steve Cox (right) explore the incredible underwater world deep beneath the surface. On Jan. 7, divers with the Woodville Karst Plain Project found a connecting passage between the 38-mile-long Wakulla Read More…
Alachua County Will Spend $2.5M In Federal Aid
Alachua County will spend $2.5M in federal aid on a publicly-owned meat processing facility By Silas Morgan The Alachua County Commission unanimously voted at a special meeting Tuesday to spend $2.5 million for a new United States Department of Agriculture-certified meat processing facility in Newberry. The $2.5 million is part of the $52.25 million in Read More…
Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over
Jackson Ryan Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over AS THE WHALING ship Hope rounded Chile’s Cape Horn in September 1840, a tempest stirred. Winds drove the vessel toward a vast field of sea ice. As night fell, the Hope became surrounded by frozen castles rising out of the Southern Ocean, forming an Read More…
PHD From Trash University
PHD From Trash University An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay. All of DSNY’s 141 newest employees sit for 6 a.m. roll call on their first week of basic training at Floyd Bennett Field. Photo: Thomas Prior The white elephant, as it is sometimes Read More…