Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

A microplastics and toxic chemicals expert says her family doesn't wear shoes at home. Microplastics from car tires and garbage, as well as street runoff, can be tracked indoors on shoes. The researcher thinks her kids' Japanese heritage helped them adopt the habit.

Pink, red, purple, and green algae blooms are growing on glaciers all over the planet. Scientists who study snow and ice algae fear the blooms are a symptom of climate change. Algae blooms can induce ice melt, hastening the catastrophic disappearance of the world's glaciers.