Tag: pollution
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...
Pollution from coal power plants contributes to far more deaths than...
Lucas Henneman, George Mason University
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than...
New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce...
Katherine Harry, Colorado State University and Emma Rettner, Colorado State University
Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic...
From pests to pollutants, keeping schools healthy and clean is no...
Janet Hurley, Texas A&M University
Parents send their children to school to learn, and they don’t want to worry...
Fines for breaking US pollution laws can vary widely among states...
Jerry Anderson, Drake University
It’s expensive to pollute the water in Colorado. The state’s median fine for companies caught...
Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial...
Thomas Marlow, New York University; James R. Elliott, Rice University, and Scott Frickel, Brown University
Climate science is clear:...
Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done...
Scott Denning, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions,...
Matthew Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila Moon, University of Colorado Boulder
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...
