Alaska Science Forum: Plastic Rain in Southeast Alaska
A Juneau researcher presented findings to the American Geophysical Union fall meeting of microplastic particles collected in rain samples, likely blown in from the ocean.
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Alaska Science Forum: Shipping Brings More Noise, Trash to Bering Strait
Scientists are finding waters of the Bering Strait are becoming much noisier due to more industrial ship traffic. Alaska residents of the region have noticed more garbage floating ashore recently.
Study: 8 Million Metric Tons of Plastic Waste Enter Oceans Each Year
By the end of the decade, plastic waste going into the world’s oceans could weigh half as much as the total amount of seafood coming out of them. That’s one finding of a new federal study mandated by the 2020 Save Our Seas 2.0 Act.
Study: Microbe Can Eat Pollution in North Pole
A UAF research team found a microbe in North Pole groundwater that eats sulfolane, an industrial solvent, but the organism by itself probably can’t remedy the area’s contamination.
BSNC Acquires Internationally-Renowned Environmental and Demolition Company
Bering Straits Native Corporation has wholly acquired Central Environmental Inc. and its four subsidiary companies.
North Atlantic Right Whale Study Using Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler
To investigate the impact of ocean regime shifts on North Atlantic right whales, Kimberley Davies and her team have been deploying ASL’s Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (AZFP).