environment
The researchers hope to develop a no-trace plastic to curtail marine pollution and ghost fishing.
Fires pose a major health risk to people living near irradiated sites.
The environmental benefits of the coronavirus pandemic are only temporary, warns the head of the UN Environment Programme.
A clean work space, plants, and putting on the right pants all make working from home easier, according to science.
Understanding the math behind social distancing.
Americans consume the most toilet paper in the world but it’s a very wasteful product to manufacture, according to the numbers.
A new study says that it could be centuries before millions of the classic toys submerged in the Earth’s seas disintegrate.
Study finds that a colony’s exposure to pesticides impairs offspring.
Technology best serves the user when organic development combines necessity with collective values.
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Deciding how we ought to live is one of the greatest challenges of being alive. Ask yourself these important questions to gain clarity, with philosopher Peter Singer.
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Why a 400-mile enclosure around the North Sea is not as crazy as it sounds
From gun control to immigration, Americans remain split on a handful of contentious issues.
Methane is 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Global warming has shown that permafrost is not so permanent after all.
Technological advances in molecular biology could help fix the planet.
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Now an insult, ‘cretin’ was the medical term for a debilitating disease endemic in the Alps until the early 20th century.
61% said adopting a vegan diet was not enjoyable.
We all know somebody who avoids meat. These schools of thought suggest those people are onto something.
Australia’s beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
The TRUTHS mission aims to collect extremely precise data on how much radiation Earth absorbs and reflects.
The 17-year-old climate activist gets a lot of criticism online. Which of those critiques hold water?
Plate tectonics and mantle plumes set the lifespan of volcanic islands like Hawaii and the Galapagos.
Is the way we choose which animals to protect out of date?
New research suggests the ocean current that delivers warm water to Europe has a one-in-six chance of halting temporarily over the next hundred years, potentially resulting in freezing temperatures.
The 385-million-year-old fossils show that trees evolved modern features millions of years earlier than previously estimated.
Man’s best friend indeed.
Simple changes to your holiday decorations, gifting or travel can make the festive season more sustainable.
A new method of measuring human exposure to the potentially toxic chemical calls into question regulatory policy.