Light Pollution May Make Fish More Vulnerable to Predators
Artificial light at night makes guppies more courageous during the day, according to a new behavioral study. Researchers exposed fish to artificial light at...
How Does Living On A Plastic Planet Impact Our Health?
Our entire modern society has been built on a plastic foundation. While using the material has been extremely efficient and profitable, it may be...
California Ranked as Most Polluted State
The American Lung Association ranked Los Angeles as the U.S. city with the highest levels of ozone pollution, the worst smog and the heaviest...
Record-Breaking Air Pollution in Singapore Tied to Deforestation in Indonesia
It is now widely believed that Indonesian palm oil companies are intentionally starting forest fires to clear land for palm oil plantations. As if...
China Toughens Winter Smog Campaign
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (EMP) of China announced its preparation of launching a strengthened campaign to cut smog and meet the air quality...
Plastics in Your Life Might Be Causing Reproductive Problems
Twenty years ago, scientists realized that a common chemical in plastic named BPA (bisphenol A) leached out of plastics and caused reproductive problems in...
Chevrolet’s IdleAir Aims at Reducing Truck Carbon Emissions
IdleAir is a new system that Chevrolet is installing at truck stops nationwide, part of their initiative to cut eight million tonnes of carbon...
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What is Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking), Anyways? [Video]
As petroleum reserves extracted by typical methods begin to run dry, many opportunistic petroleum companies have turned to hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas...
How to Minimize Food Waste This Holiday Season
Food waste was identified as one of the most pressing problems of modern society. For some reason, however, regardless of the warnings and pleas...
Spider Webs Might Future’s Most Effective Air Pollution Filters
Finding effective ways to clean up pollutants from the air has become quite a challenge for quite a number of scientific teams. An interesting...
