Environment

  1. Environment

    Fetuses may be exposed to antimicrobial compounds

    Health risks remain uncertain as scientists find common soap chemicals in pregnant women and cord blood.

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  2. Environment

    Ups and downs in the quest for clean air

    Satellite views reveal good news on U.S. air pollution trends.

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  3. Oceans

    Mercury at ocean surface may have tripled since preindustrial times

    Questions remain over dangers of toxic metal in environment.

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  4. Environment

    Deepwater Horizon damage footprint larger than thought

    In the Gulf of Mexico, most deep-sea corals have escaped damage from the Deepwater Horizon blowout. However, the impact does extend deeper and wider than previously thought.

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  5. Environment

    Recycled water may flood urban parks with dangerous germs

    Irrigating city parks with recycled water may flood the soil with drug-resistant microbes.

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  6. Chemistry

    Molecular cage traps rare gases

    Organic compound could cull valuable xenon from the air and detect cancer-causing radon in homes.

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  7. Environment

    Wild monkeys near Fukushima have low blood cell counts

    Primates near the ill-fated nuclear power plant may have been affected by radiation.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Organic foods may contain extra antioxidants

    Contrary to previous studies, a new analysis finds that organic crops have nutritional benefits over conventionally grown foods.

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  9. Environment

    Decline in birds linked to common insecticide

    In addition to harming bee populations, neonicotinoid insecticides may also be detrimental to bug-eating birds.

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  10. Environment

    Microplastics lodge in crab gills and guts

    Crabs can absorb microplastic particles through their gills and by eating polluted mussels.

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  11. Ecosystems

    If you really hate a species, try eating it

    Dining on invasive fish such as snakehead and lionfish can reduce their numbers, but we can’t entirely eat our way out this problem.

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  12. Environment

    Plastic goes missing at sea

    A survey of the world’s oceans finds far less polymer trash than expected, and researchers don’t know where the rest of the plastic is.

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