Women with higher levels of PFAS in their system may be 20% more likely to stop breastfeeding early, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Long-Distance Relationships for Endangered Corals
Flash-frozen sperm collected from corals in Florida and Puerto Rico was used to fertilize coral eggs from hundreds of miles away in Curaçao.
Climate Change Threatens Base of Polar Oceans’ Bountiful Food Webs
The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth.
First Global Study of Wildfires Reveals Increase in Mortality Rate
The first study into the global impact of wildfire-related pollution and deaths comprehensively links short term exposure to wildfire-related fine particulate matters (PM2.5) in the air and all-cause, respiratory and cardiovascular mortalities across cities and regions around the globe.
Feeling the Squeeze
Low oxygen levels are pushing fish into shallower waters, with potentially devastating impacts for fisheries and ecosystems.
Climatically Driven Landscape Evolution During Warm Periods
Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) and other partners have researched the stability and development of landscapes in the Wendland region of Hanover during the past Eemian Interglacial (warm period) around 120,000 years ago.
