EnvironmentMass of artificial objects on Earth may now outweigh living things Estimates of the mass of human-made objects and living things over the past century suggest that artificial mass may now dominate the planet 51¶¯Âþ
EnvironmentBlue jeans pollute water by releasing 50,000 microfibres per wash Around 50,000 microfibres are lost from a pair of jeans in a single wash, and these fibres have been found in large quantities in water across Canada, even in the Arctic 51¶¯Âþ