CO2 Binges During Larva State Befuddle Fish
A study published this week shows that clownfish and damselfish exposed to elevated levels of carbon dioxide in their larvae state are heedless to the scent of proximate predators.
View ArticleClams Are Great Pollution Detectors
Can you imagine that the lowly clam would take on a role as water based pollution detector?
View ArticleAir Pollution Is Not A New Problem
Research has indicated that wide-spread industrial air pollution goes at least as far back as the ancient Greeks and Romans.
View ArticleWhy The Sky Is Not Blue
This is partly due to pollution, but even in the cleanest air the sky is lighter near the horizon due to the effect of earth's atmosphere on sunlight.
View ArticlePlastic-Eating Fungus?
A discovery by students at Yale University might one day mean we can throw plastic into the compost pile.
View ArticleWhat Is Geothermal Energy?
Geothermal is a green power source and doesn't add carbon to the atmosphere the way fossil fuels do.
View ArticleNuclear Waste-Eating Bacteria
"Extremophile" bacteria might be able to clean up toxic nuclear waste sites.
View ArticleAdapting to Climate Change
Can we just roll with the punches? Adapting to climate change isn't that simple.
View ArticleDeclining Biodiversity—Is Earth Dying?
Human behavior is placing at least a third of Earth's species at risk of extinction.
View ArticleYou Are What You Breathe
Research suggests that early exposure to air pollution increases the risk of obesity.
View ArticlePollution And Synthetic Estrogen
Studies have shown synthetic estrogen can produce fish with drastically reduced reproductive capability, and thereby cause the collapse of entire populations.
View ArticleGreen Vanilla
The current process for creating artificial vanilla flavoring impacts the environment in negative ways. Scientists are innovating ways to change that.
View ArticlePlastic In The Arctic
Plastic waste from the eastern United States, the UK, and Europe is ending up in the Arctic Ocean.
View ArticleSixteen Percent Of Global Deaths In 2015
What was the largest cause of premature death in people in 2015?
View ArticlePreparing For Earth Day
The 2018 Earth Day Theme is getting rid of plastic pollution. On Earth Day, we’ll be running a blog post specifically about plastic pollution in the oceans that has advocacy and conservation tips, as...
View ArticleA Trip To The Trash Isles
You’ve probably heard of the garbage patch found between California and Hawaii that is approximately the size of Texas. Myths swirl around it: the patch is so big it can be seen from space and it looks...
View ArticleMicrowaves And Pollution
After a year or two of use, the microwave you bought for that dorm room or first apartment probably doesn’t look like it did when you first pulled it out of the box. You “zapped” more gooey, smelly...
View ArticleGlitter Pollution
It can seem like if you’re even within a mile of someone using glitter, you’ll find it somewhere on you. And then it never goes away. For months, you’ll be pulling that small brightly-colored plastic...
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