
Buying Your First (Energy-Efficient) Home
Energy-efficient homes, although more common, remain rare, and some 99 percent of U.S. homes are damp, drafty and expensive to heat and cool

Buying Your First (Energy-Efficient) Home
Energy-efficient homes, although more common, remain rare, and some 99 percent of U.S. homes are damp, drafty and expensive to heat and cool

Do Contaminants Play a Role in Diabetes?
A study linking a pesticide in fish to diabetes adds to the growing chorus of studies suggesting that environmental contaminants may play a role in the widespread disease.

What Can Climate Models Tell Cherry Growers?
Michigan cherry growers, deciphering climate models, find uncertainty reigns

Sewage Plants May Be Creating "Super" Bacteria
Some bacteria at sewage treatment plants are becoming resistant to antibiotics and winding up in the environment

Rise in Malaria Rates, Drug Resistance Tied to Climate
At AAAS, a researcher describes how treating more people for the mosquito-borne parasite could lead to more resistance to drugs

Climate Change Erodes Marine Reserves
Shifting species may mean less protection for imperiled fisheries

(Not So) Great Lakes Cleanup
Daunting cleanups of various toxic hot spots around the Great Lakes are bogging down

Can Nitrogen Be Used to Combat Climate Change?
Excess nitrogen mitigates carbon dioxide's effects--but with considerable risk, scientists say