An expert panel in India’s capital has declared a health emergency due to air pollution choking…
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Rice yields plummet and arsenic rises in future climate-soil scenarios
Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the world’s population—but new…
Online tool speeds response to elephant poaching by tracing ivory to source
A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly…
Energy giants face 35% output cut to hit Paris climate goals: watchdog
The biggest listed oil and gas giants must slash production by more than a third by…
More fires and evacuations in weary California
Firefighters battled several active wildfires on Thursday in California appearing to make headway against a number…
The science of zombies: Will the undead rise?
Hordes of brain-munching undead terrorizing neighborhoods make for fun television and movies, but zombies could never…
A new ranavirus threatens US amphibian diversity
Kudzu and emerald ash borer are widely known examples of an invasive plant and an invasive…
Massive wildfires hit southern Brazil's Pantanal
Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of the most biodiverse…
3-2-1-Cookoff! Astronauts to bake cookies with new test oven
Forget reheated, freeze-dried space grub. Astronauts are about to get a new test oven for baking…
NASA gets infrared view of Atlantic Halloween subtropical storm
The latest addition to the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season developed quickly. NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over…