Florence, South Carolina harbors a time-traveling emporium where yesterday’s discards become today’s discoveries and tomorrow’s heirlooms. Palmetto Peddlers Antique Mall isn’t just shopping—it’s an ...

Recent heavy rainfall in Southern California has swelled the banks of local rivers which are now carrying significant amounts ...

What happens if we dump all our trash into the oceans? See the environmental devastation of mass oceanic pollution.

It began as a routine day on the water — calm seas, blue skies, nothing unusual. Then, without warning, the ocean opened up. A massive vortex formed near an oil platform, spinning faster than anyone ...

Undergraduate and graduate students took a lead role in a Virginia Tech study that analyzed global research on marine debris, uncovering surprising sources of ocean trash and pointing out solutions ...

MERRIMACK – On Oct. 19, Merrimack High School’s FIRST Robotics team, Chop Shop 166, spent hours removing 260 pounds of trash from Wasserman Park. “Our team has set a larger goal of giving back to our ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- On a sunny beach along Monterey Bay, Stanford researcher Dr. Matt Savoca and his team are tracking a devastating ocean polluter: microplastics. They're hoping to follow the ...

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday. Their sodden volunteerism was part of a national ...

“Bread of Angels,” Patti Smith’s mesmerizing new memoir, only deepens the mystery of who this iconic artist is and where her singular vision originated. I’ve long been struck by her magnetism on stage ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that Toronto’s Don River carries over 500 billion microplastic particles into Lake Ontario each year – equal to about 36,000 kilograms, or the ...

The word of film and fiction is full of evil technology, ready to ‘take-over’ the world. Deadly droids, battle-hardy bots, crafty computers, and yes even menacing mechanical dogs (see Wallace and ...