Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how. Sometime between 2010 and 2015, a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recycling plant in Sakai, Japan. The site, located by a bustling port in one of the… Continue reading The race to save the planet from plastic
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Bald Eagles Love Trash, Drop Garbage on Human Neighbors
The eagles are coming (for your trash)! If you’re a resident of one Seattle suburb, that is. The good people of Renton, Washington are under aerial assault from 200 bald eagles that inhabit a local landfill, consuming old food and routinely dropping garbage on nearby homes. “Anybody that lives within close flying distance of the… Continue reading Bald Eagles Love Trash, Drop Garbage on Human Neighbors