Climate change science was driven by curiosity in the past. Now climate researchers need to focus on managing the risk of…
Globalization is making it harder to identify and trace outbreaks of foodborne illness. Technology can help, but consumers…
Phragmites australis, an invasive reed, has taken over wetlands across the US. But it also stabilizes shorelines and harbors…
Starting in 2021, drivers will pay a fee to enter midtown and lower Manhattan during busy times of day. Will this clear…
States are folding the social and economic costs of burning fossil fuels into their electricity policies, giving utilities…
For decades, New England students took field trips out into the Long Island Sound. Their data show how quickly the sound…
Rail advocates often make the case that trains are a cleaner mode of transportation, but why is that so? And what would…
A climatologist who studies precipitation trends explains how climate change is projected to make flooding events in the…
The FDA has given the green light to sell the first genetically engineered animal – farmed salmon –in the US.
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Unless it sparks joy, go ahead and scratch this task off your spring-cleaning checklist.
The 'used water' that flows from our showers, dishwashers and toilets isn't a waste to engineers – it contains…
Many nations are restoring degraded tropical forests to slow climate change, protect endangered species and improve rural…
Even before the British billionaire invested US$1 billion in making the region 'climate-smart,' Jamaica, Barbados…
Many communities are banning single-use plastic shopping bags to reduce pollution, but a study in California shows that…
What raises a common winter storm to the level of 'bomb cyclone'? It's all about rapid, sharp changes in atmospheric…
Adding industrial chemicals and natural alkaline minerals could slow climate change, but like other geoengineering proposals,…
China, which once processed much of the world's scrap, has slashed imports of "foreign garbage." What can…
Oil spills can do great damage to the ocean. What happens if they last for years? A 14-year spill in the Gulf of Mexico…
Since 2008, Landsat data has been free for the world to use, spurring new applications and scientific research. But that…