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Black and white photo of pregnant woman wearing a white dress

What does air pollution have to do with premature babies?

 Health
• January 22, 2020

New study shows that what moms breathe affects their risk of delivering early

Photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of a home. By 2024, 2.5 percent of all U.S. homes will have solar panels, according to solar energy advocacy organization Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). [Credit: skeeze/Pixabay | CC]

Cleaner, greener, cheaper: How solar panels work

 Tech
• January 18, 2020

Residential solar technology is helping the planet and your wallet

E-scooters are less eco-friendly than taking the bus, cycling or using mopeds, new findings suggest. [Credit: Denniz Futalan, Pexels | CC]

Think twice before using shared electric scooters

 Environment
• January 8, 2020

A new study takes aim at the environmental appeal of a booming form of transportation.

Cats playing outside

Surprisingly common virus in domestic cats raises concerns

 Life Science
• November 12, 2019

Feline foamy virus is widespread in domestic cats, a new study finds, which could make them more susceptible to other viruses known to be deadly to domestic and wild cats

Air pollution in Stadersand, Germany

Air pollution poses risk to mental health

 Health
• October 21, 2019

Mounting evidence suggests mental health is tied to the air quality we breathe

Artemisa Xabriabá (right), 17-year-old indigenous climate activist from Brazil. Artemisa became an activist at age 7, when she helped to reforest 37 acres in the lands of her native community who lives on the left bank of the São Francisco River, in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Credit: Maria Paula Rubiano

Unrecognized Latin American ‘Gretas’ struggle to bring climate strikes home

 Environment
• September 24, 2019

A region most vulnerable to climate change was barely visible during the Global Climate Strike.

A new pest threatens the olive harvest of Palestine

In Palestine, an iconic tree suffers, too

 Environment
• July 19, 2019

Climate change is decimating the economically crucial olive harvest — and farmers lack the resources to fight back.

Tracie Seimon sits in her lab

Finding unseen threats to rescue unseen wildlife

 Life Science
• June 21, 2019

An unconventional journey leads a scientist to a new conservation tool: environmental DNA

a person pushes lawnmower across grass

Is the anti-lawn movement taking root?

 Environment
• April 3, 2019

Turf lawns come with a steep environmental price, but are a hard habit to break

A person holding two burgers

The truth about lab-grown meat

 Environment
• January 16, 2019

Producers say they’ll roll-out ‘clean meat’ products soon, but would you eat it?

A black bird with a white patch above its shoulder sits on a branch

Decreased bird diversity disrupts foraging on farms

 Environment
• December 6, 2018

In forests, birds flock to find food. On farms with trees — not so much, a new study says

The curious case of the disappearing maple

 Environment
• December 5, 2018

Climate change is a lead suspect

A crowd of people wades in a shallow river. In the background, there is a crowd of hundreds dressed in colorful clothing. In the foreground, a small group of men splashes in the river. On the far left, a man submerges himself completely. The second man from the lefthand side is grinning widely.

World’s largest gathering creates perfect storm for infectious disease

 Health
• November 16, 2018

Early next year, the Allahabad Kumbh Mela festival in India will attract 150 million pilgrims — and even more drug-resistant microbes

Ancient humans may have shaped the planet with fire and rice

 Environment
• July 20, 2018

Did early humans jump-start global warming?

We need a better way to measure monarch populations

 Environment
• April 4, 2018

An iconic butterfly is in trouble – but how much trouble?

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