Climate change in the Arctic has ripple effects for all life on Earth
Read now →The poles are warming faster than the rest of the planet, causing extreme weather events in the Northern hemisphere
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Should the age of humans have a geologic name?
Read now →And how will Earth's history remember us?
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There's no corner of the globe safe from microplastic pollution
Read now →These tiny plastic pieces have now been detected on top of mountains, in the soil, and even in your honey
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The iconic Colorado River carries less water, as the climate warms and winter snow disappears
Read more →New research quantifies water scarcity in the southwestern USA: expect more drought, with serious socioeconomic consequences
Heat waves may drive bees to extinction
Read more →Climate change isn't all bad news for our striped friends, but the negative effects of heatwaves will outweigh the possible positive effects of warming in cooler regions
Algae are eating microplastics. From there, they can climb up the food chain to us
Read more →Freshwater microbes can absorb components of microplastics before getting eaten by other creatures
Lake Victoria, world's largest tropical lake, may be drying up faster than we thought
Read more →The shrinking of Lake Victoria could have devastating consequences for the 40 million people in the region
By tracking star "pollution," scientists have found exoplanets similar to Earth's structure
Read more →Using oxygen pressure as a measure, scientists examined the structural properties of white dwarfs
Human disturbance is drying out forests
Read more →Thinning out the canopy impacts the water cycle within a forest, causing more moisture to be lost to the atmosphere
Meet Eunice Foote, early climate scientist and women's rights leader
Read more →Her experiments uncovered the greenhouse effect three years before the man who was widely credited with this discovery
Sometimes they make food ferment, but used in the right way, these bacteria can also be a preservative
Read now →Lactic acid bacteria produce antibiotic-like compounds that kill off potentially harmful contaminants
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Netflix's Our Planet showed walruses in distress. We need to find what humanity's role is
Read now →Understanding walrus-human interactions in the past might shed some light on the "walrus scene"
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