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Environmental health studies the relationships between the environment and human health and wellbeing. These include how factors such as climate change, air pollution, sanitation, radiation, and agricultural practices can directly impact health.
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JAN 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 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 LeitchJAN 02, 2025Cardiology
Increased air pollution appears to lead to decreased athletic performance.Written By: Savannah LoganDEC 10, 2024Earth & The Environment
According to NASA, the hottest years on record are the ten most recent years, and 2023 was the warmest on record since p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
High temperatures are known to be a killer, and historically, it is not unusual for extreme heat to cause tens of thousa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have already said that 2024 will be the hottest recorded year, and 2023 had already set a record for being 2. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2024Health & Medicine
Thinking of having a midnight snack? Think again. That midnight snack you crave can contribute to an increased risk of o ...Written By: Joshua AehNOV 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
There is ample evidence to show that human behaviors such as the burning of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in BMJ Global Health is highlighting the significant cost of bottled water. The study has estimated ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists who were assessing the structure of different types of wood at the microscopic level have discovered a totall ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
Rainfall is seems to be increasingly erratic around the world. Regions will be subjected to severe droughts that can las ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
Larvae from a seriously invasive species of mussels have been detected in a portion of the Colorado River, and experts a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2024Microbiology
In the late 1970s, a new branch was added to the tree of life, and archaea joined bacteria and eukarya, as domain classi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2024Earth & The Environment
Fashion, and particularly fast fashion, is massively destructive to the planet. Only a few decades ago, people and famil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created since only 2000, and we are now swimming in the stuff. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, this highly durable material has what seems like 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 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
JAN 02, 2025
Cardiology
Increased air pollution appears to lead to decreased athletic performance.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
DEC 10, 2024
Earth & The Environment
According to NASA, the hottest years on record are the ten most recent years, and 2023 was the warmest on record since p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
High temperatures are known to be a killer, and historically, it is not unusual for extreme heat to cause tens of thousa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have already said that 2024 will be the hottest recorded year, and 2023 had already set a record for being 2.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2024
Health & Medicine
Thinking of having a midnight snack? Think again. That midnight snack you crave can contribute to an increased risk of o
...
Written By:
Joshua Aeh
NOV 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There is ample evidence to show that human behaviors such as the burning of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in BMJ Global Health is highlighting the significant cost of bottled water. The study has estimated
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists who were assessing the structure of different types of wood at the microscopic level have discovered a totall
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Rainfall is seems to be increasingly erratic around the world. Regions will be subjected to severe droughts that can las
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Larvae from a seriously invasive species of mussels have been detected in a portion of the Colorado River, and experts a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Microbiology
In the late 1970s, a new branch was added to the tree of life, and archaea joined bacteria and eukarya, as domain classi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In late 2023, scientists announced that they had found numerous rivers in the Brooks Range of Alaska that were turning o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are trying to learn more about the exact factors that promote the spread of disease, in part because that wil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Fashion, and particularly fast fashion, is massively destructive to the planet. Only a few decades ago, people and famil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created since only 2000, and we are now swimming in the stuff.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, this highly durable material has what seems like a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch