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Environment: The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to the Earth or some parts of Earth.
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MAR 24, 2025Neuroscience
Areas with higher numbers of well-arranged trees have lower mortality rates than areas with more sparse coverage.Written By: Annie LennonMAR 21, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to cause DNA damage, and while that damage may accumulate and eventually lead to dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have completed the third and most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
This image by Jean-Philippe Maréchal shows a sargassum bloom, which has affected parts of the Caribbean since 2011Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2025Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2025Earth & The Environment
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of P ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have developed a method that uses robotics to track the connections between plants and the mycorrhizal fungi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists used UK Biobank data to study an old question - is nature (or our genes), or nurture (or environmental factor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can greener anesthesia help both patients and the environment? This is what a recent study published in The Lancer P ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 21, 2025Microbiology
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on the increase i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2025Earth & The Environment
In 1987, there were about 5 billion people in the world. Now, there are more than 8 billion of us, and we are developing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2025Chemistry & Physics
What types of new plastics can be developed with enhanced recycling capabilities? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 05, 2025Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastic materials are in widespread use, and this tough stuff sticks around in the environment. When plastic packaging, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2025Earth & The Environment
When PFAS were developed, companies found a huge number of ways to apply them to different products. But while they have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Earth & The Environment
What steps can researchers take to reduce the amount of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which pose threats to marine ecosys ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2025Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
Research has shown that flooding, caused by events like atmospheric rivers and torrential thunderstorms, is increasing i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2025Earth & The Environment
Hydroclimate whiplash is a term to refer to rapid weather shifts between very wet and intensely dry, and this phenomenon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2025
Neuroscience
Areas with higher numbers of well-arranged trees have lower mortality rates than areas with more sparse coverage.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 21, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to cause DNA damage, and while that damage may accumulate and eventually lead to dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have completed the third and most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
This image by Jean-Philippe Maréchal shows a sargassum bloom, which has affected parts of the Caribbean since 2011
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have developed a method that uses robotics to track the connections between plants and the mycorrhizal fungi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists used UK Biobank data to study an old question - is nature (or our genes), or nurture (or environmental factor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can greener anesthesia help both patients and the environment? This is what a recent study published in The Lancer P
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 21, 2025
Microbiology
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on the increase i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2025
Earth & The Environment
In 1987, there were about 5 billion people in the world. Now, there are more than 8 billion of us, and we are developing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2025
Chemistry & Physics
What types of new plastics can be developed with enhanced recycling capabilities? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2025
Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastic materials are in widespread use, and this tough stuff sticks around in the environment. When plastic packaging,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When PFAS were developed, companies found a huge number of ways to apply them to different products. But while they have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What steps can researchers take to reduce the amount of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which pose threats to marine ecosys
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Research has shown that flooding, caused by events like atmospheric rivers and torrential thunderstorms, is increasing i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Hydroclimate whiplash is a term to refer to rapid weather shifts between very wet and intensely dry, and this phenomenon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch