MS-ESS3-3

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

  1. Animals

    First living fish leaves ‘endangered’ list

    Twenty-one years ago, a minnow facing a high risk of extinction was placed on the U.S. Endangered Species List. With help from scientists, the fish appears to have largely recovered. It’s the first ‘listed’ fish to do so.

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  2. Life

    Caught in the act

    Scientists observe some evolutionary speed demons as they adapt over the course of just a few years to new environmental conditions.

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  3. Animals

    Explainer: People can sicken animals

    Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people.

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  4. Climate

    Watching our seas rise

    Satellites, coral reefs, ancient Roman fishponds and sinking cities help us understand how humans are changing sea level.

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  5. Environment

    Cleaning clothes dirties oceans

    Washing polyester fabrics sends plastics to sea.

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  6. Environment

    Swirling seas of plastic trash

    Long-lasting oceanic garbage threatens marine life.

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  7. Animals

    An enemy in the cave

    Bats under attack from a fungus send scientists searching for clues to solve a deadly mystery.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Sunlight worsens jet pollution

    Chemical reactions caused by the sun’s rays worsen air pollution from idling jets at airports.

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  9. Oceans

    Sea changes

    Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

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  10. Materials Science

    Battery powered to heal

    With its own first-aid kit, this battery can really keep going.

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  11. Environment

    Floor of Gulf got slimed

    Oil from BP spill was likely dragged down by bacterial goo.

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  12. Environment

    Planting seeds for better plastic

    Scientists are working to put the bio in plastics.

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