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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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JUL 04, 2021Earth & The Environment
The heat wave that has been devastating communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric plants are touted for their ability to provide so-called green energy, which aims to continue to satisfy d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
Some have suggested that excess atmospheric carbon can promote plant growth, and maybe bigger plants would take up more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2021Microbiology
Oil drums full of old diesel fuel have accumulated and are contaminating soil at military outposts in Greenland that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment demonstrates the potential of willow tree roots to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 22, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications aims to explain how volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Per ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 22, 2021Plants & Animals
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are commonly applied to many outdoor environments, and are widely used in agriculture ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications reports higher projections of extreme urban heat waves than p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 21, 2021Microbiology
Microbes have many connections to humans. Gut microbes have a major influence on our health. For example, when we eat fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have to regulate the level of glucose, or sugar, in the blood. The hormone insulin, produced by beta cells in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Resources, Conservation, and Recycling evaluates the shortcomings of electronics re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Parents pass down their genes to their offspring, and it seems that epigenetic features, which can affect gene activity ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
In type 1 diabetes, or T1D, the body’s own immune system mistakenly launches an aggressive attack on insulin-produ ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 15, 2021Earth & The Environment
A novel approach to predicting global climate forecasts has been described in the journals Earth System Science Dat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 14, 2021Plants & Animals
This image by Karen Bean of the Field Museum shows 4 birds that died crashing into McCormick Place windows; they're now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New aerogels developed at Rice University are highly durable and capable of producing light. The aerogels are composed o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
When magnetized plasma is released from the surface of the sun in a phenomenon known as coronal mass ejections, they can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Biodegradable batteries represent the holy grail of our current technological obstacles to achieving the transition to a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 06, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Autism spectrum disorder is complex; it presents differently in different patients and may be influenced by many factors ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2021Earth & The Environment
Two new studies suggest that Earth’s most recent ice age, which occurred approximately 20,000 years ago, was not q ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 01, 2021Microbiology
Francisella tularensis is a naturally occurring bacterium found throughout the Northern Hemisphere that is extremely vir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2021Cancer
A study published recently in Environmental Health Perspectives concludes that no amount of exposure to secondhand smoke ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
While we typically consider global warming to have detrimental impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, new research publ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 23, 2021Microbiology
In the world of microbes, organisms like viruses and bacteria get a lot of attention. But researchers are beginning to s ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The heat wave that has been devastating communities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Hydroelectric plants are touted for their ability to provide so-called green energy, which aims to continue to satisfy d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Some have suggested that excess atmospheric carbon can promote plant growth, and maybe bigger plants would take up more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2021
Microbiology
Oil drums full of old diesel fuel have accumulated and are contaminating soil at military outposts in Greenland that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment demonstrates the potential of willow tree roots to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications aims to explain how volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Per
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2021
Plants & Animals
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are commonly applied to many outdoor environments, and are widely used in agriculture
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications reports higher projections of extreme urban heat waves than p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 21, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes have many connections to humans. Gut microbes have a major influence on our health. For example, when we eat fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have to regulate the level of glucose, or sugar, in the blood. The hormone insulin, produced by beta cells in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Resources, Conservation, and Recycling evaluates the shortcomings of electronics re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Parents pass down their genes to their offspring, and it seems that epigenetic features, which can affect gene activity
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
In type 1 diabetes, or T1D, the body’s own immune system mistakenly launches an aggressive attack on insulin-produ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 15, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A novel approach to predicting global climate forecasts has been described in the journals Earth System Science Dat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 14, 2021
Plants & Animals
This image by Karen Bean of the Field Museum shows 4 birds that died crashing into McCormick Place windows; they're now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New aerogels developed at Rice University are highly durable and capable of producing light. The aerogels are composed o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
When magnetized plasma is released from the surface of the sun in a phenomenon known as coronal mass ejections, they can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Biodegradable batteries represent the holy grail of our current technological obstacles to achieving the transition to a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 06, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Autism spectrum disorder is complex; it presents differently in different patients and may be influenced by many factors
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Two new studies suggest that Earth’s most recent ice age, which occurred approximately 20,000 years ago, was not q
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 01, 2021
Microbiology
Francisella tularensis is a naturally occurring bacterium found throughout the Northern Hemisphere that is extremely vir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2021
Cancer
A study published recently in Environmental Health Perspectives concludes that no amount of exposure to secondhand smoke
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
While we typically consider global warming to have detrimental impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, new research publ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2021
Microbiology
In the world of microbes, organisms like viruses and bacteria get a lot of attention. But researchers are beginning to s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch