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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
Researchers at the University of Southampton have shown that an extinction event 360 million years ago, that killed much of the Earth’s plant and freshwater aquatic life, was caused by a brief breakdown of the ozone layer that shields the Earth from damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
University at Buffalo chemists have shown that self-assembling molecular traps can be used to capture PFAS — dangerous pollutants that have contaminated drinking water supplies around the world.
Hokkaido University scientists have made an adenovirus that specifically replicates inside and kills cancer cells by employing special RNA-stabilizing elements.
A new understanding of our planet’s deepest earthquakes could help unravel one of the most mysterious geophysical processes on Earth.
First-of-a-kind maps show how the depth of this insulating snow layer changes from month to month.
Major life events such as marriage, death of a loved one or bankruptcy all affect our wellbeing.
