Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes…
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Global study details microplastics contamination in lakes and reservoirs
Around 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. But that is…
Paths for reducing harmful air pollution in South Asia identified
Fine particulate matter comes from wood burning, power generation, motor vehicles and other combustion sources that…
Cracking the mysterious case of dying desert forests
From above, the Southwestern U.S. is a sea of caramel and brown desert. Yet, a closer…
Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems
Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what…
Breaking into tears with microrheology to design custom eye drops
Compared to artificial tears, or eye drops, human tears are significantly more complex liquids, with a…
Carbon taxes that focus on luxury consumption are fairer than those that tax all emissions equally: Study
Not all carbon emissions are made for the same reason—they range from more essential purposes like…
Small-winged and lighter colored butterflies likely to be at greatest threat from climate change
The family, wing length and wing color of tropical butterflies all influence their ability to withstand…
Researchers invent trap for capturing and comparing individual bacterial cells
All hospitals battle an invisible threat: Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is a type of bacteria that affects…
Study increases probability of finding water on other worlds by 100-fold
A new analysis shows that there are probably many more Earth-like exoplanets with liquid water than…