Tag: pollution
What Islamic hygienic practices can teach when coronavirus is spreading
Rose S. Aslan, California Lutheran University
As outbreaks of the coronavirus spread throughout the world, people are reminded over and again to limit physical contact,...
The secondhand smoke you’re breathing may have come from another state
Sebastian Eastham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens...
From their balloons, the first aeronauts transformed our view of the...
Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University
Near the beginning of the new film “The Aeronauts,” a giant gas-filled balloon called the “Mammoth” departs from London’s Vauxhall Gardens...
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many...
Noel Healy, Salem State University; Jennie C. Stephens, Northeastern University, and Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Many Democratic lawmakers aim to pass a Green New...
What’s the value of a clean beach? Here’s how economists do...
Timothy Haab, The Ohio State University
Millions of Americans head outdoors in the summer, whether for a day at a nearby lake or a monthlong...
Another problem with China’s coal: Mercury in rice
Noelle Eckley Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sae Yun Kwon, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Mercury pollution is a problem usually associated with...
The urgency of curbing pollution from ships, explained
James J. Winebrake, Rochester Institute of Technology and James J Corbett, University of Delaware
The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that regulates global...
Canary in the Gold King Mine: legacy of abandoned mines means...
Ronald R H Cohen, Colorado School of Mines
You are gazing over the clear stream, thinking of fishing the crystal waters in the Rockies. The...
EXPLORING NATURE
At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long...
Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University
As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the...
