Tons of plastic trash washing ashore in Washington State

May 7, 2010 - 2:59AM (AFP) Oil sheen from a massive crude spill in the Gulf of Mexico has started washing ashore on an island off Louisiana, officials said Thursday, confirming a land impact for the first time. "Teams have...

By Jake Ellison 3 November 2011 Calling it an “emerging threat,” Sen. Maria Cantwell testified in congress yesterday that a floating debris field five-times the size of the state of Washington is heading for the West Coast and could disrupt...

By Krishna Ramanujan Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 10, 2009 - As the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new Cornell study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today,...