Last week, the scientific journal PLOS ONE published a study by researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology which revealed that several greenhouse gases are emitted as plastics degrade in the environment. That’s right: Plastic waste, which flows into oceans at a rate of 18 billion […]
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UH Maui College undergraduates publish study on food preservatives and human bacteria
It’s rare for a study done by undergraduates to be published in nationwide peer review journals. A team of University of Hawaii Maui College students, under lead researcher Dr. Sally V. Irwin, are now among the one percent in the country that have had a research study published. UH Maui College students Emily Graham, Ashley […]