Tag: Water pollution
Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient...
Jazmin Locke-Rodriguez, Florida International University and Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, Florida International University
Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help...
Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how...
Judith Weis, Rutgers University - Newark
Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches....
Shipwrecks teem with underwater life, from microbes to sharks
Avery Paxton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they...
Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health...
Cristina Andrade-Feraud, Florida International University and Diana Azzam, Florida International University
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in...
Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Humans rely on the ocean for many things, including food, jobs, recreation and stabilization of...
The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands, leaving many...
Albert C. Lin, University of California, Davis
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Sackett v. EPA that federal...
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...
Which wetlands should receive federal protection? The Supreme Court revisits a...
Albert C. Lin, University of California, Davis
The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new session on Oct. 3, 2022,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
