ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Study Connects Fracking to Higher Radon Levels in Ohio Homes

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 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.

The Mass Suffering of Bald Eagles Due to Lead Poisoning

06.17.2019 11:29 AM

The bald eagle is the United States of America's symbol as it represents freedom and independence. However, ironically, bald eagles are disappearing all over the country.

Scientists Discover the Key to Increasing Crop Yields

06.13.2019 09:18 AM

A recent discovery from the plant scientists reveals a gene that might be able to widen a nutrient trafficking bottleneck, which has the potential to increase crop yields.

How Warming Waters in Western Tropical Pacific May Affect West Antarctic Ice Sheet

06.13.2019 08:53 AM

The new research discovered that the South Pacific Convergence Zone, a region of the western tropical Pacific, is the primary driver of weather variability across West Antarctica

More Than 70 Gray Whales Dead in 6 Months, and Scientists Don't Understand Why

06.12.2019 18:53 PM

Since January 2019, more than 70 gray whales were found dead and scientists are concerned Since the start of 2019, more than 70 dead gray whales have washed up on the coasts of California, Alaska, Washington and Canada.

Dolphins Form Friendship through Shared Interest like Humans

06.12.2019 17:39 PM

The team discovered that male spongers spend more time associating with other male spongers than they do non-spongers, these bonds are based on similar foraging technique and not related to other factors

Evolutionary Discovery Sets to Rewrite Textbooks

06.12.2019 17:02 PM

Multi-celled animals evolved from a single-celled ancestor resembling a modern sponge cell known as a choanocyte

The Rise of Plastic Pollutions Threatens Seabird Species and Marine Life

06.12.2019 16:52 PM

A recent global study estimated the mass of land-based plastic waste entering the ocean to be between 4.8 to 12.7 million tons, nine years ago.

A New Global Deal for Nature and People is Urgently Needed

06.12.2019 16:24 PM

The time to make a change is upon us, action is the only solution. Few people have had the chance to find themselves on the cusp of a truly historic transformation.

New Findings Show Pesticide DDT Persists in Remote Lakes at Concerning Levels

06.12.2019 11:24 AM

Pesticide use can result in persistent and permanent changes in aquatic ecosystems The pesticide DDT persists in remote lakes at concerning levels half a century it was banned, affecting critical marine species and potentially entire lake food webs, according to new findings of a multi-university research team published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.