Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating plastic might look like prey.
Taste, Not Appearance, Drives Corals to Eat Plastics
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Researchers Introduce New Method for Monitoring Indian Summer Monsoon
Researchers from Florida State University have created a tool for objectively defining the onset and demise of the Indian Summer Monsoon — a colossal weather system that affects billions of people annually.
Ice Sheets May Melt Rapidly in Response to Distant Volcanoes
Volcanic eruptions have been known to cool the global climate, but they can also exacerbate the melting of ice sheets, according to a paper published today in Nature Communications.
Researchers who analyzed ice cores and meltwater deposits found that ancient eruptions caused immediate and significant melting of the ice sheet that covered much of northern Europe at the end of the last ice age, some 12,000 to 13,000 years ago.
Nitrous oxide emissions may get worse as climate warms
New research from the University of Minnesota, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows nitrous oxide emissions, a greenhouse gas, may get worse as the climate warms.
Exposure to Glyphosate, Chemical Found in Weed Killers, Increased Over 23 Years
Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased approximately 500 percent since the introduction of genetically modified crops.
A fresh look at fresh water: Researchers create a 50,000-lake database
Provides information on lakes in 17 U.S. Northeastern and upper Midwestern states
