Earth

  1. Humans

    Ozone: Heart of the matter

    As reported this week, breathing elevated ozone levels can mess with the cardiovascular system, potentially putting vulnerable populations — such as the elderly and persons with diabetes or heart disease — at heightened risk of heart attack, stroke and sudden death from arrhythmias. Is this really new? Turns out it is.

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  2. Earth

    Ozone hikes cardiovascular risk

    The pollutant triggers inflammation and other changes that can heighten the risk of heart attack and stroke.

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  3. Earth

    East Coast faces faster sea level rise

    From North Carolina to Massachusetts, waters are rising more rapidly than the global average.

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  4. Humans

    De-papering environmental summits

    One token — but highly visible — gesture toward sustainability at the UN's 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio was a request for all attendees to shrink their paper footprints. Apparently, most complied.

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  5. Life

    New frontiers for coyotes may bring more Lyme disease

    Forget the deer. Maybe it's coyotes on the move that can explain the recent increase in Lyme disease.

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  6. Humans

    What’s in your wallet? Another ‘estrogen’

    A chemical cousin of bisphenol A, a hormone mimic, has turned up on banknotes from around the world in addition to tainting 14 other types of papery products. Owing to the near ubiquity of BPS in paper, human exposure is likely also “ubiquitous,” conclude the study's authors. Oh, and a second new study shows that BPS behaves like an estrogen.

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  7. Earth

    Icelandic volcanoes slumber today, but not forever

    Eruptions pepper the North Atlantic island.

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  8. Earth

    Geologists play with puzzles about past and future supercontinents

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  9. Agriculture

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  10. Earth

    Linking magma to quakes

    Rock crystals reveal pulses of underground activity.

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  11. Earth

    13th century volcano mystery may be solved

    Indonesian volcano may be the culprit in the biggest eruption of the last seven millennia.

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  12. Life

    Grasshoppers’ terror outlives them

    After an existence plagued by predatory spiders, the insects pass into oblivion, leaving a legacy of impoverished soil.

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