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How Does Plastic Debris Make Its Way Into Ocean Garbage Patches?

March 2, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

Researchers in the U.S. and Germany decided to explore which pathways transport debris to the middle of the oceans, causing garbage patches, as well as the relative strengths of different subtropical gyres and how they influence long-term accumulation of debris. In Chaos, they report creating a model of the oceans’ surface dynamics from historical trajectories of surface buoys. Their model describes the probability of plastic debris being transported from one region to another.

Burying or burning garbage boosts airborne bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes

March 25, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Researchers reporting in Environmental Science & Technology have shown that when waste is burned or buried, it can be a source of antibiotic-resistance genes in the air.

Military waste has unexpected consequences on civilians, the environment

February 25, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

The military waste that results from the United States military’s drive to remain permanently war ready has unexpected consequences on civilians and the environment, according to a new book by a faculty member at Binghamton University, State University of New York.