Environment
CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality
When Mark Thomson was 13, he read a book about the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as...
Environment
A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems
Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That’s how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every year by 2050...
Environment
A plan to preserve wetlands without stopping development
Balancing economic growth and environmental protection is not easy. Consider wetlands, which provide flood protection, aid water...
Environment
Hurricane season is here: Federal flood insurance carries 2 moral hazards – which you face depends largely on how wealthy you are
Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University -
Anyone who has been through a flood or hurricane knows the scene: waterlogged furniture piled on curbs, gutted homes with mold creeping up the walls, families displaced for months. But the recovery isn’t the same...
Environment
PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues
Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. In fact, you would be hard pressed...
Environment
Glaciers in the ‘roof of the world’ have suddenly started melting
One of the world’s last stable glacier regions may have finally begun to succumb to global warming, with researchers...
Environment
MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocks
Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries power increasingly more of our world....
Environment
Place-based pathways to a viable future
Aiming to transition away from fossil fuels and avert the worst consequences of climate change, world leaders...
Environment
Blackout risks are rising – why neighboring power grids can’t just send extra electricity where it’s needed
Extreme weather is posing a growing threat to the power supplies Americans rely on.In 2021, a fierce winter storm left millions of Texans without electricity and water for days. Hurricane Helene in 2024 knocked...
Environment
California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash led to a 3-year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well
Eric Palkovacs, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz -
Along the California coast, from Bodega Bay to Morro Bay, commercial fishing boats have started pulling in salmon for the first time in three years, and local salmon are once again appearing on restaurant menus...
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Why Canada has generic Ozempic, and the US doesn’t
Erez Israeli, CEO of Dr Reddy's, told the BBC that his company had applied for approval in more than...
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