A behind-the-scenes look at Scott Pruitt's dysfunctional EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt doesn’t hide his contempt for how the agency has been run, but does profess to care about one...
Don’t be complacent: climate change will ravage rich and poor alike.
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Patricia Scotland
My trip to islands that bore the brunt of Hurricanes Irma and Maria proved one thing: we must think again about how...
Bad break: Osteoporosis-related bone fractures linked to air pollution
Exposure to air pollution is associated with osteoporosis-related loss of bone mineral density and risk of bone fractures, according to a new study.
Some Chinese coal ash too radioactive for reuse
Many manufacturers use coal ash from power plants as a low-cost binding agent in concrete and other building materials. But a new study finds...
Ice sheets as large as Greenland’s melted fast in a warming climate
New research shows that climate warming reduced the mass of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet by half in as little as 500 years, indicating the...
Why did the Earth’s ancient oceans disappear?
We think of oceans as being stable and permanent. However, they move at about the same speed as your fingernails grow. Geoscientists have now...
New bioresources for plant peptide hormones using gene editing technology
Peptide hormones are important growth regulators that play various roles in many organisms. Although the importance of genes that encode peptide hormones is broadly...
China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell significantly while India’s grew over last decade
Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. It is produced predominantly when coal is burned to...
Brace yourself for coming heatwaves, there are at least 27 ways they can kill...
A new systematic synthesis shows that there are at least 27 different physiological pathways in which a heatwave can kill a human being, and...
Changing climate to bring more landslides on logged land, say researchers
Researchers say landslides on logged forests will be more widespread as the Northwest climate changes. In a study modelled on clear-cut lands on the...
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