Tag: environment
50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war...
Pamela McElwee, Rutgers University
When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape...
What’s that microplastic? Advances in machine learning are making identifying plastics...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down – are...
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that...
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many...
We developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever...
Arindam Sau, University of Colorado Boulder; Mihai Popescu, Colorado State University, and Xin Liu, Colorado State University
Perfluoroalkyl and...
Tiny water-walking bugs provide scientists with insights on how microplastics are...
Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that can cause big problems when they enter the...
After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado −...
Joanna Lambert, University of Colorado Boulder
Gray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in...
Exposing plants to an unusual chemical early on may bolster their...
Brad Binder, University of Tennessee
Just like any other organism, plants can get stressed. Usually it’s conditions like heat...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
