Environmental Science
The environment is truly a thing of beauty and should be protected whenever possible. What can we do to save the environment, and what new technology is available to help us?
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Fungus-based Pesticides Might Be the Green Solution of the Future
We've relied on synthetic chemical pesticides for far too long — and they haven't been doing us any favors.
Tough Job of Cleaning Pacific Garbage Patch Starts
A young inventor is launching a device aimed at cleaning up some of the debris in the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. But many conservationists are not impressed. Here's why.
Where Have All the Seashells Gone?
All that seashell collecting you've been doing actually hurts the environment.
Stonehenge Was the Final Resting Place of Foreigners, Study Finds
Some of the cremated remains buried at Stonehenge came from a spot in Wales that's more than 100 miles away. How did that happen?
Red Tide Menaces Florida Coast
Harmful algal blooms wreak havoc in oceans around the world and occur nearly every summer along the coastline of Florida.
Sweden Is Great at Turning Trash to Energy
Sweden puts less than 1 percent of its household trash into landfills, in part because it burns nearly half to generate heat and electricity.
Male and Female Farmers Cope Differently with Climate Change
When the weather becomes extreme, women in the west African country of Benin deal with agricultural challenges differently than men.
What's Behind the Gemstones 'Raining' From the Kilauea Volcano
Twitter was abuzz with reports that pretty green gems were spewing out of the Kiluaea volcano in Hawaii. But the experts took the shine off these speculations.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Summer Solstice
June 21 marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. There's even a midnight baseball game in Alaska to celebrate the 24 hours of sunlight.
Anthropologists Discover Mummified, Green Baby Hand
And it turns out their strange discovery has a straightforward explanation: copper.
Earthquakes on the Mississippi: The New Madrid Seismic Zone
Will a town in southern Missouri be the epicenter of the next 'big one'?
Hawaii Proposes Ban on Certain Sunscreens to Save Coral Reefs
Scientists have found that chemicals in some sunscreens can cause coral bleaching, prompting the Hawaii state legislature to propose an exhaustive ban on them.
Rising Rock: Earth's Crust Has Its Own Tides, Too
The oceans on planet Earth cycle through daily tidal changes. But the ground beneath our feet experiences tides of its own, too.
10 Ways to Stop Using Plastic Right Now
Plastic may be the longest-lasting legacy of human beings on this planet. But there are lots of ways, big and small, that we can all stop using it. Today.
Can Adding Sand to Beaches Save Them?
As sea levels rise with climate change, beaches are losing ground against ever-encroaching waters. Trucking in sand may seem like a good idea, but the evidence, while not yet conclusive, may show otherwise.
Who Was Alexander von Humboldt and What Is the Humboldt Current?
He might be the most important scientist you've never heard of, but the ocean current that bears his name helped shape the development of evolutionary theory.
Water Shortage? Let's Lasso an Iceberg
People have floated the idea of towing icebergs to drought-stricken parts of the world for years. Sounds like a good idea, but how viable is it?
Step Aside Styrofoam — Make Way for Nanowood
While plastic such as Styrofoam may be cheap and convenient to use, it contributes to costly health issues and is an inconvenient pollutant that takes up to 500 years to biodegrade.
The Sahara Desert Is Getting Bigger
The Sahara has expanded by about 10 percent in the past century, mostly due to natural causes, but not all. We can blame the rest on man-made climate change.
Captured CO2 Could Store Energy From Solar Panels and Wind Turbines
We may be able to capture carbon emitted from fossil fuel-burning power plants and convert it to fuel for storing energy generated by wind turbines and solar panels.
Why Are Whales So Big?
Blue whales are the largest mammal ever known to exist on Earth. So what makes these creatures so huge?
Why Is the Ocean Different Colors in Different Places?
Ocean water is not actually blue, but appears in different shades for many reasons.
13,000-year-old Footprints Found in British Columbia
Archaeologists discovered three sets of human footprints on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia. They've now determined these footprints are the oldest in all of North America.
Reaching the Zen of Zero Waste
Getting your home to zero waste doesn't have to mean re-structuring your entire life. Sure, you'll have to make changes, but most of them are surprisingly easy.
Which Ocean Is the World’s Smallest?
Water covers about 71 percent of Earth's surface, but do you know the difference between an ocean and a sea? And which ocean is the smallest?
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