This article appeared in the March/April 2021 problem of Discover as “The Land of Living Snowflakes.” Aid our science journalism by getting a subscriber. St. Matthew Island sits by itself in the frigid emptiness of the Bering Sea, like a good, gnarled stone thrown significantly from Alaska’s western coast. On these shores, the rhythmic […]

Plastic air pollution has been at the center of environmental discussion for many years. While it is properly-recognized that plastic in the ecosystem can split down into microplastics, be ingested by people and other organisms, transfer up the meals chain, and cause hurt, this is only a single component of […]