Earth
- 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.
- Earth
How killer whales are like people
Killer whales may be sentinels for toxic chemicals accumulating in even landlubbers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Health & Medicine
Cousteau finds “hypocrisy” in scientific whaling
Another challenge surfaces to Japan's "scientific" whaling.
- 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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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Health & Medicine
Hospitals’ drug problem
Hospitals often don't know pharmaceutical-waste rules, and even those that do often release huge quantities of drugs into the environment.
