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Environmental Science: is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment.
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JUN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2025Earth & The Environment
2025 has been an above average year for tornadoes, which have had significant and deadly impacts in many US communities.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plants are able to respond to their environment and changes in conditions. In the phototropism phenomenon, for example, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
As sea levels continue to rise and threaten coastal areas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z , cities ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2025Earth & The Environment
Bird Migration Shifts Climate change has been ongoing for decades, and as average temperatures around the world and in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Inland waters, which include streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, are crucial to the health of our planet and differe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 ye ...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 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 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 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, MScJAN 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 26, 2025Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.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 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
For several days, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was warning of an extremely dangerous wind event that woul ...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 LeitchDEC 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
Uppsala University scientists have analyzed fossilized samples of dinosaur feces to learn more about the ecological infl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 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 Leitch
JUN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2025
Earth & The Environment
2025 has been an above average year for tornadoes, which have had significant and deadly impacts in many US communities.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plants are able to respond to their environment and changes in conditions. In the phototropism phenomenon, for example,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
As sea levels continue to rise and threaten coastal areas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z , cities ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Bird Migration Shifts Climate change has been ongoing for decades, and as average temperatures around the world and in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Inland waters, which include streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, are crucial to the health of our planet and differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 ye
...
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 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 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 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
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 26, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.
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 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
For several days, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was warning of an extremely dangerous wind event that woul
...
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
DEC 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Uppsala University scientists have analyzed fossilized samples of dinosaur feces to learn more about the ecological infl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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