ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Dragonflies for Mosquito Control

MEDICINE & HEALTH 06.19.2019 09:31 AM

A list of 10 plants that attract dragonflies for mosquito control. Dragonflies are some of the best predators to keep mosquito populations low. Not only do they scavenge the skies in adulthood, but they eat large numbers of mosquito larvae in their larval form--which happens in the water.

Discarded Pottery Around Ancient Man Made Islands Has Scientists Stunned

06.19.2019 09:20 AM

A local diver found distinctively Neolithic pottery in the water around an artificial island. Artificial islands commonly known as crannogs dot hundreds of Scottish and Irish lakes and waterways.

Experts Warn Against Significant Consequences for Leaving Microbes Out of Climate Change Conversation

06.19.2019 09:06 AM

The researchers hope that their statement will raise awareness both for how microbes can influence climate change and how they will be impacted by it, calling for including microbes in climate change research, increasing the use of research involving unique technologies, and improving education in classrooms

Study Connects Fracking to Higher Radon Levels in Ohio Homes

06.19.2019 08:53 AM

The research discovered the average radon concentrations among all tested homes across the state are higher than safe levels outlined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization standards

Creating an Excellent Blueberry Crop Requires Bees

06.18.2019 10:07 AM

Among all of these bees, only the southeastern blueberry bee and the honey bee significantly increased fruit set

Ocean ‘Dead-Zone’ Spans 8,000 Square Miles

06.18.2019 09:39 AM

Climate change and farming practices lead to massive dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

The World’s Primates at Risk of Extinction Due to Global Commodities Trade and Consumption

06.17.2019 11:38 AM

According to a peer-reviewed journal, the economic benefits of commodity export for primate habitat countries has been limited relative to the extreme environmental costs of pollution, habitat degradation, loss of biodiversity, continued food insecurity, and the threat of emerging disease. This recent study was published in the Journal PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Science.

World Record 633 Divers Clean Ocean Floor

06.17.2019 11:33 AM

Another of the estimated 50,000 Guinness World Records has been broken and it happened this month when 633 scuba divers scooped up trash from the ocean floor near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier.

52-Million-Year-Old Tree is First of Its Kind in Southern Hemisphere

06.17.2019 11:31 AM

Millions of years ago, a volcano erupted in what's now the Patagonia region of southern Argentina, leaving behind a huge caldera. Water accumulated in the crater, and eventually it became a lake teeming with countless plants, insects, and other life-forms. Over time, these creatures fossilized deep within the lake's layers of mud and ash, creating a kind of geological jackpot for today's paleontologists.