Earth

  1. Chemistry

    Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow

    Recent research finds that the hormone mimic may be more prevalent and more harmful than previously thought, highlighting why BPA is a growing worry for policy makers.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Plastics ingredients may shrink babies

    A new study links phthalates, one of the more ubiquitous families of pollutants, with a baby being dangerously small at birth.

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  3. Earth

    How killer whales are like people

    Killer whales may be sentinels for toxic chemicals accumulating in even landlubbers.

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  4. Earth

    Dirty snow may bring green burst to mountain peaks

    Dust blowing in from distant deserts speeds the melting of snow and may shake up ecosystems on the slopes.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Losing Louisiana

    A new model predicts that rises in sea level, combined with subsiding lands, will claim a tenth of the state by century’s end.

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  6. Earth

    Ozone hole trims polar water’s CO2-absorbing power

    Simulations also suggest that the dearth of ozone over Antarctica leads to ocean acidification. Simulations also suggest that the dearth of ozone over Antarctica leads to ocean acidification

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Cousteau finds “hypocrisy” in scientific whaling

    Another challenge surfaces to Japan's "scientific" whaling.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Of ‘science’ and fetal whaling

    Japan had been sacrificing a large number of pregnant whales in the name of science.

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  9. Climate

    Fire

    Understanding long-term changes in wildfire patterns challenges scientists from multiple disciplines.

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  10. Climate

    Carbon dioxide not to blame in ice age mystery

    Scientists look at seafloor sediments to determine that a long-term decline in carbon dioxide is not the reason for less frequent ice ages.

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  11. Earth

    White House releases report on climate change

    A new White House report addresses current and projected impacts of climate change across the United States.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Solar system’s future could be bumpy

    A new study assesses the chances that two planets will collide or a planet will plunge into the sun in the next 5 billion years.

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