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Pollution
Pollution: is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants.
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APR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2017Videos
In major cities, the problem of air pollution is one which is quickly reaching critical mass. While public transportatio ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 03, 2017Immunology
There is growing evidence for the harmful effects of “circadian disruptions” - or unnatural nighttime light ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 02, 2017Earth & The Environment
In response to President Trump’s plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which the Obama Administration introduced ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 21, 2017Videos
The current method of getting payloads into space is to initiate a chemical burn-fueled rocket, which has enough thrust ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2017Cancer
The image that comes to mind when we think of firefighters is that of brave professionals, willing to go into a burning ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Scientific Reports has published a study from a team of researchers from Michigan Technological University that outlined ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2017Videos
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. This week's video talks about the alarming trend of CRC in younger patients. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 08, 2017Videos
Grey hair seems to remind most people of aging, but there is more to the process than just getting old. "Hair can go gra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2017Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2017Videos
Reef restoration is a hot topic as ocean acidification from industrial pollution is bleaching and killing corals at a di ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 03, 2017Plants & Animals
It would seem that dolphins are making quite an impressive leap in population numbers just off of the coast of Scotland. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study has been published in Science Advances by a team of scientists from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Sh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
Cities around the United States, Iceland, and Australia have been experiencing hot flashes this February - except we&rsq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 27, 2017Videos
Ocean pollution tends to be a problem anywhere in the world, but sometimes we forget that our trash doesn't always wash ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A modification to DNA called methylation has been connected to obesity. It is known that many changes are made to genes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2016, hundreds of endangered salamanders reportedly went missing from the San Marcos Aq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
The US Air Force is trying to get permission to use an area off of the north of Kauai, Hawaii as a test spot to drop 100 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 22, 2017Immunology
More than ten thousand liters of air enter the lungs on a given day, but it’s not just oxygen that fills the lungs ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Cherokee Nation and state of Oklahoma jointly filed a restraining order against Sequoyah Fuels Corporation to stop t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 17, 2017Plants & Animals
The problem with ocean pollution doesn’t just make the oceans look trashy, but it can also have adverse side effec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
The recent announcement from Salt River Project that the Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant near Page, AZ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2017
Videos
In major cities, the problem of air pollution is one which is quickly reaching critical mass. While public transportatio
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 03, 2017
Immunology
There is growing evidence for the harmful effects of “circadian disruptions” - or unnatural nighttime light
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 02, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In response to President Trump’s plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which the Obama Administration introduced
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 21, 2017
Videos
The current method of getting payloads into space is to initiate a chemical burn-fueled rocket, which has enough thrust
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2017
Cancer
The image that comes to mind when we think of firefighters is that of brave professionals, willing to go into a burning
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Scientific Reports has published a study from a team of researchers from Michigan Technological University that outlined
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2017
Videos
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. This week's video talks about the alarming trend of CRC in younger patients.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2017
Videos
Grey hair seems to remind most people of aging, but there is more to the process than just getting old. "Hair can go gra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2017
Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2017
Videos
Reef restoration is a hot topic as ocean acidification from industrial pollution is bleaching and killing corals at a di
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
It would seem that dolphins are making quite an impressive leap in population numbers just off of the coast of Scotland.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study has been published in Science Advances by a team of scientists from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Sh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Cities around the United States, Iceland, and Australia have been experiencing hot flashes this February - except we&rsq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 27, 2017
Videos
Ocean pollution tends to be a problem anywhere in the world, but sometimes we forget that our trash doesn't always wash
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A modification to DNA called methylation has been connected to obesity. It is known that many changes are made to genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2016, hundreds of endangered salamanders reportedly went missing from the San Marcos Aq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The US Air Force is trying to get permission to use an area off of the north of Kauai, Hawaii as a test spot to drop 100
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 22, 2017
Immunology
More than ten thousand liters of air enter the lungs on a given day, but it’s not just oxygen that fills the lungs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Cherokee Nation and state of Oklahoma jointly filed a restraining order against Sequoyah Fuels Corporation to stop t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
The problem with ocean pollution doesn’t just make the oceans look trashy, but it can also have adverse side effec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The recent announcement from Salt River Project that the Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant near Page, AZ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan