Concern about Big Blue: Many news stories circulated this past year detailing massive quantities of ocean plastics. Perhaps the most iconic marine plastics story was that of a video taken by Texas A & M Marine Biology graduate student Christine Figgener three years ago off the coast of Costa Rica. The video is of an […]
2018: The Year in Science
Science and nature stories permeated the news media again in 2018. This is installment one of three of what we consider the most interesting and popular sciencey stories from the past 365 1/4 days. NOTE: look for a brief comment on the state of science and our 2019 science outlook at the conclusion of installment […]