Environment

  1. Health & Medicine

    Health risks of e-cigarettes emerge

    Research uncovers a growing list of chemicals that end up in an e-cigarette user’s lungs, and one study finds that an e-cigarette’s vapors can increase the virulence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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  2. Environment

    Carbon dioxide levels hit landmark in Northern Hemisphere

    The Northern Hemisphere experienced the first full month with the greenhouse gas at or above the symbolic 400 parts per million level.

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  3. Environment

    Fukushima contamination affects butterfly larvae

    Butterfly larvae fed leaves with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima nuclear disaster had a higher rate of death and development abnormalities than larvae that got leaves from a location farther from the accident.

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  4. Oceans

    Deepwater Horizon methane lingered longer than thought

    Microbes may not have consumed methane from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill as fast as previously thought.

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  5. Environment

    BP oil spill may have killed hundreds of thousands of birds

    The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have killed 600,000 to 800,000 coastal birds, new simulations suggest.

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  6. Climate

    Crop nutrients may drop as carbon dioxide rises

    Many staple grains and legumes pack 5 to 10 percent less iron, zinc and protein when grown at carbon dioxide levels expected midcentury.

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  7. Animals

    Some birds adapt to Chernobyl’s radiation

    Some birds seem to fare well in and near the Chernobyl exclusion zone, but overall the nuclear disaster has been bad news for the region’s bird populations.

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  8. Environment

    Prestige oil spill linked to drop in seabird chicks

    European shag in colonies affected by the 2002 Prestige oil tanker spill produced fewer chicks than birds in oil-free colonies.

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  9. Environment

    Lead levels in ancient Rome’s water were high, but not toxic

    Ancient Romans probably drank tap water with up to 100 times more lead than the levels found in local spring water.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Triclosan aids nasal invasions by staph

    The antimicrobial compound triclosan, commonly found in soaps and toothpaste, may help Staphylococcus aureus stick around.

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  11. Environment

    Artists’ sunsets may reveal past pollution

    The colors artists used in the sunsets of their paintings may provide clues to what was circulating in the air hundreds of years ago.

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  12. Environment

    Handling receipts increases exposure to BPA

    People who handle cash register receipts printed on thermal paper show notable exposure to bisphenol A.

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