Nonnative pear trees are showing up in US forests
Callery or Bradford pear trees are starting to show up in many eastern forests. Once established, the invasive trees are hard to eradicate, a...
Scientists find thirdhand smoke affects cells in humans
Thirdhand smoke can damage epithelial cells in the respiratory system by stressing cells and causing them to fight for survival, a research team has...
Pig-Pen effect: Mixing skin oil and ozone can produce a personal pollution cloud
When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor environment, but it can also produce a personal...
Global agriculture: Impending threats to biodiversity
A new study compares the effects of expansion vs. intensification of cropland use on global agricultural markets and biodiversity, and finds that the expansion...
Largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill
A team of researchers is conducting the largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill to determine more precisely where hundreds of thousands of gallons...
Real-world test of new smokestack emissions sensor designs
In collaboration with industry, researchers have completed the first real-world test of a potentially improved way to measure smokestack emissions in coal-fired power plants.
Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship
The sea slug Elysia rufescens fights predators by wielding toxic chemicals that it acquires from eating algae. A team has discovered that these chemicals...
Immediate, science-based community action can mitigate insect decline
Environmentalists in Germany collected 1.75 million signatures for a 'save the bees law.' Citizens believe they can stop insect declines by halting habitat loss...
The world needs a global system to detect and halt the spread of emerging...
Climate change and global trade drive the spread, emergence, and re-emergence of crop disease, and containment action is often inefficient, especially in low-income countries....
Trees for water quality credits
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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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