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Gas stoves can spew lots of pollution, even when they’re turned off
A new study finds they can leak benzene and other harmful chemicals into homes, sometimes at very high levels.
By Laura Allen
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A new study finds they can leak benzene and other harmful chemicals into homes, sometimes at very high levels.
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Switching over to clean, renewable power — and away from fossil fuels — could save trillions of dollars by 2050, a new study finds.
Lowering carbon levels in our atmosphere to stabilize the climate may start with switching from fossil fuels to greener energy sources.
Animals and other life on Earth exhale carbon dioxide, which plants use for photosynthesis. But too much of this gas can perturb Earth’s climate.
The tiny plastic bits give these germs safe havens. That protection seems to increase as the plastic ages and breaks into ever smaller pieces.
Like clockwork, radioactive forms of some elements shed parts of themselves as they attempt to become nonradioactive.
Knowing the decay rate of radioactive elements can help date ancient fossils and other artifacts.
Carbon-14 dating of recent artifacts will soon give scientists confusing results. That’s another price society pays for its reliance on fossil fuels.
Inland melting of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream is accelerating — and may contribute far more to sea level rise than earlier estimates suggested.
But the same thing is not happening throughout the kingdom. For instance, more than half of vertebrate populations are stable or increasing.