Pregnant women are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals in dishware, hair coloring, plastics, and pesticides,...
Pregnant women in the U.S. are being exposed to chemicals like melamine, cyanuric acid, and aromatic amines that can increase the risk of cancer...
Current food production systems could mean far-reaching habitat loss
The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new research has found.
Fisheries sustainability linked to gender roles among traders
A new study of fish traders in coastal Kenya shows that women largely occupied fisheries with the lowest profits and are not saving money...
Drivers of wildfire carbon emissions
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00922-6Increasing fire frequency and severity may shift boreal forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources and...
Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by fossilized lamprey larvae
A study of fossilized lampreys dating from more than 300 million years ago is challenging a long-held theory about the evolutionary origin of vertebrates....
Estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects of PFASs could depend on the presence of estrogen
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have received intense scrutiny in recent years because of their persistence in the environment and potential endocrine-disrupting effects. However, their estrogenic...
Corporate America Is Committing To Carbon Cuts Through Science-Based Targets
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Kellogg Company is on a mission to increase its share of world markets while also keeping its greenhouse gas emissions in check. And the...
Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming
Scientists have discovered that Earth's sea level did not rise steadily when the planet's glaciers last melted during a period of global warming; rather,...
Why Tehran is sinking dangerously
Researchers have used data from radar satellites to measure the subsidence of the Earth's surface in the Tehran region in Iran. They found out...
Shifting moisture source
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0596-4Shifting moisture source