Earth

  1. Earth

    BPA fosters diabetes-promoting changes

    Exposures typical of the general public are enough to alter insulin secretion.

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  2. Humans

    Numbers warn of looming collapses

    Mathematical tools help researchers predict when systems are about to change dramatically.

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  3. Animals

    Classic sooty-moth tale bolstered by new results

    A scientist’s six-year backyard experiment strengthens the scenario for evolutionary changes due to industrial pollution.

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  4. Earth

    Little Ice Age began with a bang

    Frozen moss suggests climate cooling kicked off fast, possibly with help from volcanic eruptions.

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  5. Earth

    Some corals like it hot

    Western Australian reefs are faring better than their eastern counterparts, at least for now.

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  6. Earth

    Big volcanoes wake up fast

    Crystal chemistry suggests magma changes quickly before a huge eruption.

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  7. Humans

    Predatory pythons shift Everglades ecology

    As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent within a decade.

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  8. Climate

    Humans’ greenhouse gas emissions throw next ice age off schedule

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  9. Life

    Deep Life

    Teeming masses of organisms thrive beneath the seafloor.

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  10. Earth

    ‘Nonstick’ pollutants may cut efficiency of vaccines in kids

    Antibodies from immunizations are halved among children with the highest exposure levels to common chemicals.

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  11. Climate

    Amazon may become greenhouse gas emitter

    South America’s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.

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  12. Life

    Boxwood blight invades North America

    The devastating fungus has already stripped shrubbery down to sticks in Europe and New Zealand.

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