Each of our brains is swimming in enough microplastics to form a plastic spoon, scientists discovered earlier this year. Since then, medical researchers have been scrambling to understand how that could affect our neurological health.
A nasty bacterial superbug that kills hundreds of thousands of people per year is spreading through hospitals — and it feeds on something surprising, scientists have now found.
Whenever I hear about genome editing, I think about the copy editors that make the articles you read in Farm Press better. Copy editors correct grammar, take out unnecessary words and phrases, and simply make stories more readable.
Both the Senate parliamentarian and the Government Accountability Office have concluded that Congress lacks authority to block California’s climate policy.
New research from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado measured Arctic sea ice cover on March 22, during what should've been its annual peak. In conclusion, the agency reported seeing 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers) of sea ice — for context, that's the lowest Arctic winter sea ice levels have ever been.
DECATUR, April 22, 2025—Pilot celebrated the installation of the country’s first B99 biodiesel retail offering for trucking commercial fleets with a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 22 at its travel center in Decatur, Ill. Joined by partners ADM, Optimus Technologies, the Illinois Soy Association and the American Lung Association, the ceremony highlighted the importance of partnerships to help meet sustainability goals in the trucking industry.
A new task force aimed at increasing biofuel use in Maryland was announced Tuesday as part of the state’s efforts to meet ambitious climate targets.
The Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition launched the Maryland Biofuels Task Force to help the state achieve goals set by the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, which requires a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2006 levels by 2031 and net-zero emissions by 2045.
Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk. Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ocean’s surface. It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The problem is that these pictures of the GPGP are misleading and obscure the truth about the content of the GPGP, its origins, and the threat it poses to our ocean life.
BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE aims to research sustainable strategies and solutions for bio-based products to support the EU Plastics Strategy and a Circular Economy.
Every year millions of electrical and electronic devices are discarded as products break or become obsolete and are thrown away. These discarded devices are considered e-waste and can become a threat to health and the environment if they are not disposed of and recycled appropriately.