A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup resembling Pacific blight found floating in North Atlantic

A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic

As EU seeks to appease bond market, painful cutbacks make some fear renewed recession

European Union pushes cuts for indebted countries

"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker." - Albert Einstein