Environment
- Environment
Explainer: All crude oil is not alike
Crude oil comes in conventional and unconventional types.
- Animals
Gorgeous eco-bullies
‘Foreign’ lionfish — aquarium castoffs — have been invading American coastal waters at an alarming rate and gobbling up the natives.
- Tech
Explainer: What is fracking?
Energy companies have found new use for hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale rock.
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- Environment
Pee is for power
The water in urine can be a source of hydrogen for electrical generators.
- Environment
Fungi as carbon keepers
A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground.
- Environment
Bad for breathing
New study connects pollution to several common diseases that affect the lungs and airways.
- Ecosystems
Predators as climate helpers
In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas.
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- Environment
Exhaled air: A problem in buildings?
New studies suggest carbon dioxide that accumulates in classrooms could limit how well the brain processes information, lead to more student absences.
- Animals
Python-palooza!
Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.
- Environment
Cool Jobs: Planet protectors
Scientists develop new technologies that will make future cities more sustainable.
