Residential exposure to ambient air pollutants is linked to an elevated risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, an observational study of young...
The deep-sea crown jelly Atolla is one of the most common residents of the ocean’s midnight zone. Its bell has...
Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to...
Scientists have identified a mechanism that explains how fine air pollution particles might cause lung cancer, according to a study...
Increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are altering the seasonal pattern of air pollution and causing a...
An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the...
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within...
In 2019, a landmark report gave the world its first report card on biodiversity loss. There was one crystal clear...
Organic aerosols—such as those released in cooking—may stay in the atmosphere for several days, because of nanostructures formed by fatty...
New research documents for the first time the pollution of public water supplies caused by shale gas development, commonly known...
How do the lungs develop after taking their first breaths outside the womb? What cellular events and changes early in...
It is well known that washing clothes can release a large number of microfibers into wastewater, but it is unclear...













