New research is detailing how environmental stressors, including heavy metals, brought on by human activity are harming coastal green sea turtle populations – work that researchers hope will inform conservation efforts going forward.
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Pollen Is Getting Worse, but You Can Make Things Better with These Tips from an Allergist
Blooming spring flowers signal the beginning of spring, but for millions of people, they also signal the onset of the misery: allergy and asthma season.
Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities
Isbel “Izzy” Palans lives in a small cabin nestled among mountain peaks and towering trees in the Colorado Rockies.
A “Million Word Gap” for Children Who Aren’t Read to at Home
Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids who were never read to, a new study found.
More CO2 Than Ever Before in 3 Million Years, Shows Unprecedented Computer Simulation
CO2 greenhouse gas amounts in the atmosphere are likely higher today than ever before in the past 3 million years.
Groundbreaking Scientific Study Maps out How to Protect a Third of the World’s Oceans by 2030
As governments meet at the UN to negotiate towards an historic Global Ocean Treaty, a groundbreaking study by leading marine biologists has mapped out how to protect over a third of the world’s oceans by 2030, a target that scientists say is crucial in order to safeguard wildlife and to help mitigate the impacts of climate change.