Environment
Clean Power Plan Would Save Thousands of Lives Each Year
A peer-reviewed study backs the White House’s claims for the health benefits of its plan to fight climate change
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Environment
May Flowers Bring Leaf Showers
The timing of spring determines autumn's onset
Environment
The Richest Reef: A Symbiotic Society
Editor's Note: "The Richest Reef" follows members of a scientific dive team as they attempt to pinpoint the center of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem in the world...
Environment
Turning to Bacteria to Fight the Effects of Climate Change
Recently the United Nations warned that the world could suffer a 40 percent shortfall in water by 2030 unless countries dramatically cut consumption.
Environment
Climate Change May Speed Asthma Spread
Global warming changes how and when plants release pollen, a trigger for asthma
Environment
Oil Drilling May Slow Drought Recovery
Oil and gas drilling in the Rockies and Great Plains may cause long-term harm to ecosystems
Health
Botanical Sexism Cultivates Home-Grown Allergies
It's the time year for watery eyes and itchy noses, and if you're among the afflicted, you may be surprised to learn that decades of botanical sexism in urban landscapes have contributed to your woes...
Environment
Mesquite Invasion Threatens a Unique Species in India
It's almost barbeque season, which means that for many of us it's just about time to break out the mesquite. But mesquite isn't all that popular when it isn't providing a nice, smoky flavor to our burgers and chicken...
A Nation Divided On Keystone XL
The new results from the nationally representative UT Energy Poll are out today, highlighting the way so many energy issues have become politicized.
Environment
Diabetes Drug Makes Male Minnows More Female
Exposure to metformin, a first-line treatment for type-2 diabetes, feminizes male minnows and impacts fertility at levels common in wastewater effluent
The Sciences
How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill
The microscopic organisms bloomed in the wake of the Macondo well disaster
Environment
For Its 40th Birthday, Let's Retire Newsweek's Global Cooling Story
Last month, Senator Ted Cruz matter-of-factly told an interviewer that he just happened to glance at a four-decade-old article from Newsweek that very morning.
Environment
Zooniverse: Orchid Observers [U.K.]
Help scientists better understand the effects that climate change is having on orchids in the U.K.
Environment
The Last 3 Bornean Rhinos Are in a Race against Extinction
Is there any hope of saving the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) from extinction? Sadly, the chances of that happening seem to grow slimmer and slimmer.
Environment
What to Wear to Swim in America's Most Polluted Waters [Video]
A swim with sewage aims to call attention to cleaning the Gowanus Canal, and other polluted waters in the U.S.
Environment
Should Humpback Whales Be Removed from the Endangered Species List?
Have decades of protection allowed the endangered humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) to recover? That's the question asked this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
Health
Advocacy Group Offers U.S. Testing for Herbicide Feared to Be Linked to Cancer
The public testing project will gather data on detectable levels of the weed-killer glyphosate in drinking water, human urine and breast milk
Health
Oil May Have Killed Gulf Dolphins
Mass deaths likely stemmed from the BP spill in 2010, researchers say
Environment
What about Earth’s Microbiome?
The latest temperature readings from Antarctica are giving the world pause, along with the finding that 70 percent of the western Antarctic ice shelf has melted.
Environment
The Richest Reef: Life in Layers
Editor's Note: "The Richest Reef" follows members of a scientific dive team as they attempt to pinpoint the center of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem in the world...
