New Series! MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION with Sunada Takagi - 8 Wednesdays on the Somerville Patch calendar ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s ...

Zeroth Robotics has officially stormed CES 2026 with a fleet of five AI-powered mechanical companions designed to infiltrate our homes, workplaces, Christmas wish lists, and Pixar fever dreams.

From paintings to immersive experiences, these are the shows at local art museums, galleries and art spaces you should ...

In Oceanside, a new wooden toy box initiative by the Girl Scouts and Surfrider San Diego aims to curb plastic pollution on ...

Although the technology exists to separate these fibers for reuse, it remains in its early stages and is costly to scale. In ...

In Hawaii, a volunteer cleanup crew is hauling more junk off Kauai’s beaches than ever before. In the 2024 Surfrider Foundation report, the nonprofit reported that its volunteers had removed more than ...

More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk. Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ...

Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia brand says it has developed the world’s first car accessory made from plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) by The Ocean Cleanup. The announcement of ...

An environmental group has announced an ambitious plan to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034 — as long as it gets $7.5 billion in funding to do the job. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit ...