Environmental Sciences

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental challenge in the 21st century. This led the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) to create a historical revolution, which created an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) to address plastic pollution across its full life cycle. These negotiations, overseen by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), took place over the past three years, with ... Read More

Understanding how carbon moves through Earth’s ecosystem is essential for predicting climate change. However, about 20-30% of the carbon emitted each year remains unaccounted for in global carbon cycle models, which is often referred to as the “missing carbon sink.” Although resolving the missing carbon sink requires large-scale observations and global modeling efforts, smaller regional investigations can provide insight into ... Read More

Plastic waste in the environment has concerningly accumulated all around the world in the last couple of decades. When plastics degrade, they release toxic chemicals into the environment, exposing the wildlife and animals to unsafe air quality, contaminated food, and with enough exposure, long-term harm. Specific plastic types, such as PET, PLA, LDPE and others have the potential to minimize ... Read More