Placenta transit of an environmental estrogen
The human fetus is considered to be particularly sensitive to environmental contaminants. A team has now been able to demonstrate for the first time...
New study analyzes FEMA-funded home buyout program
An analysis of FEMA's 30-year-old property buyout program offers new insight into the growing debate on managed retreat -- moving people and assets out...
Solution to Ice Age ocean chemistry puzzle
New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that has engaged scientists for more than...
Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected
Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands...
Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have shown that nanoparticles may have a bigger impact on the environment than previously thought.
Infectious disease in marine life linked to decades of ocean warming
New research shows that long-term changes in diseases in ocean species coincides with decades of widespread environmental change.
Warm ocean water attacking edges of Antarctica’s ice shelves
Upside-down 'rivers' of warm ocean water are eroding the fractured edges of thick, floating Antarctic ice shelves from below, helping to create conditions that...
Reef fish caring for their young are taken advantage of by other fish
Among birds, the practice of laying eggs in other birds' nests is surprisingly common. This phenomenon, known as brood parasitism, was unknown in coral...
Hush, little baby: Mother right whales ‘whisper’ to calves
A recent study explores whether right whale mother-calf pairs change their vocalizations to keep predators from detecting them.
Single-particle spectroscopy of CsPbBr3 perovskite reveals the origin low electrolumine
Researchers have used the method of single-particle spectroscopy to study electroluminescence in light-emitting devices. They discovered that efficient charge funneling between individual perovskite nanocrystals...
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