Organic farming can make an important contribution to world nutrition, research shows
A global conversion to organic farming can contribute to a profoundly sustainable food system, provided that it is combined with further measures, specifically with...
In bee decline, fungicides emerge as improbable villain
When a team of scientists analyzed two dozen environmental factors to understand bumblebee population declines and range contractions, they expected to find stressors like...
People with certain blood types are at increased risk of heart attack during periods...
Individuals who have A, B, or AB blood types have an elevated risk of having a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution,...
Additive manufacturing and sustainability: The environmental implications of 3-D printing
Cutting-edge research on the emerging field of 3D printing provides important insights into its environmental, energy, and health impacts.
Artificially cooling planet ‘risky strategy’
Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous...
Low dose, constant drip: Pharmaceutical, personal care pollution impacts aquatic life
Traditional toxicity testing underestimates the risk that pharmaceutical and personal care product pollution poses to freshwater ecosystems. Criteria that account for ecological disruption --...
Study settles prehistoric puzzle, confirms modern link of carbon dioxide and global warming
Fossil leaves from Africa resolve a prehistoric climate puzzle and confirm the link between carbon dioxide and global warming. Research previously found conflicting data...
Expanded networks, faculty mentorship bolster female undergrads’ pursuit of geoscience
To retain more undergraduate women in geoscience majors, a supportive network that includes faculty mentorship seems to be a key driver, according to a...
Parasitic plants rely on unusual method to spread their seeds
Three species of non-photosynthetic plants rely mainly on camel crickets to disperse their seeds.
Butterfly wing inspires photovoltaics: Light absorption can be enhanced by up to 200 percent
Sunlight reflected by solar cells is lost as unused energy. The wings of the butterfly Pachliopta aristolochiae are drilled by nanostructures (nanoholes) that help...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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