SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY At current rates of plastic production, by 2050 the total mass of plastics in our oceans will outweigh the biomass of fish. — World Economic Forum. More here. Pieces of plastic that washed ashore after a storm. Pacific Ocean beach in San Francisco. Source: Plastic Oceans. Author: Kevin Krejci.
Science News A baby pangolin. Pinterest photo - author unknown. Animal traffickers are taking advantage of remote ivory trade routes to smuggle pangolins – one of the world’s most endangered animals – out of Central Africa, a new study has found. Story here.
ScienceDaily An Atlantic sturgeon. US Fish & Wildlife Service. New study finds microplastics in the stomachs of 73 percent of mesopelagic (medium-depth) fish caught in the Northwest Atlantic -- one of the highest levels globally. More here.
Nature The Pacheco fire in New Mexico. 2011. Photo by John Fowler. Historical record points to climate patterns that could prime the region for an intense fire season. Story here.