Tag: environment
Industrial pollution once ravaged the Adirondacks − decades of history captured...
Sky Hooler, University at Albany, State University of New York and Aubrey Hillman, University at Albany, State University of New York
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and...
Jennifer Raynor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they...
What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling...
Mariah Meek, Michigan State University
The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse...
Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why...
Gregory J. Dick, University of Michigan
Federal scientists released their annual forecast for Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms on...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
