A new study from researchers in Sweden shows cigarette butts and their plastics and toxic chemicals are polluting waterways, where they are harming aquatic larvae.
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A scientist will attempt to turn seismic activity–recorded in real time at Yellowstone National Park–into music during an ambitious live performance on Tuesday, May 9.
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Throughout the world, we are witnessing not just a decline in the numbers of individual insects, but also a collapse of insect diversity.
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Researchers have figured out a way to predict bacteria’s environmental pH preferences from a quick look at their genomes, using machine learning.
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In the past few years, climate change has been fueling the severity, range and frequency of wildfires. These wildfires emit methane, a super-potent greenhouse gas—that accelerates said climate change.
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North Carolina State University researchers have developed an electronic patch that can be placed on the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens and various stressors.
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The Ponderosa pine forests in Sierra Nevada took a big hit from western pine beetles in 2012-2015, and simultaneously suffered from a severe drought.
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By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions.
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A new study suggests maternal prenatal exposure to naturally occurring lithium in drinking water is associated with a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder for offspring.
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Researchers detected a click-like sound, similar to the popping of popcorn, emitted at a volume that mimics human speech, but at high frequencies outside the hearing range of the human ear.
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A loophole in the extremely successful Montreal Protocol is, at least in part, causing an increase in ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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This study is the first time next-generation sequencing was used to analyze soil from such a high elevation—giving the team unprecedented insight.
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For the past three years, New Delhi has been ranked the world’s most polluted capital. Its high levels of air pollution are responsible for a large number of premature deaths.
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Organisms in the Arctic’s major rivers are a crucial contributor to carbon export, accounting for about 40 to 60 percent of the particulate organic matter—tiny bits of decaying organisms—flowing into the ocean.
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West Virginia University researcher Omar Abdul-Aziz developed a model for predicting the levels of oxygen in water, which gives citizen scientists a tool for taking action on U.S. stream pollution.
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