A new study by scientists at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center reveals that living near heavily microplastic-polluted waters along the US coastline may significantly raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, stroke and coronary artery disease, a condition in which plaque blocks the blood vessels feeding the heart. “Marine Microplastic Levels and the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases in US Coastline Counties” was published in the June 18, 2025 issue of AHA/ASA Journal of the American Heart Association.

UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco’s March article in Research Magazine is a call for new ways of navigating the climate crisis and protecting people and ecosystems. His is an urgent call for MAST—Mitigation, Adaptation, and Social Transformation.

A May 8th study published in the British journal Nature Cities charts the threat of sea level rise in major US cities. Boston is among the urban areas most susceptible to an “invisible threat, land subsidence.” According to the study authors, “Land subsidence is a slow-moving hazard with adverse environmental and socioeconomic consequences worldwide.

The Center for Climate Integrity has issued a scathing report on the disinformation promoted by Big Oil and the plastic industry. In fact, industy claims about “advanced recycling” are “undermined by their own words and experts.

“’The Fraud of Advanced Recycling’ shows how, in response to growing public and governmental pressure, Big Oil and the plastics industry are now deceptively marketing “advanced” recycling to the public, even as chemical engineering experts, industry consultants, trade associations, and plastics producers themselves quietly acknowledge its many flaws.