Business climate action for our only future
The UN Global Compact’s CEO on the scale of the climate change challenge — and the opportunity for business to fight it.
Air pollution linked to bipolar disorder and major depression
A new study suggests a significant link between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in rates of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Taxpayer Dollars Feeding Harvard’s Climate Change ‘Tweeting Tree’
Thanks to funds from the U.S. government, researchers at Harvard University have equipped a tree with a Twitter account to “amplify messages of climate change.” With funds from various National Science Foundation grants, post-doctoral fellow Tim Rademacher and his team…
Scientists Make Amazing Discovery In Antarctic Snow: Stardust
A team of scientists hauled 500 kilograms [1,102 pounds] of fresh snow back from Antarctica, melted it, and sifted through the particles that remained. Their analysis yielded a surprise: The snow held significant amounts of a form of iron that…
Siege of smog grips Los Angeles
With 58 straight days (and counting) of unhealthy air, officials are urging some to stay inside.
‘Deplorable Propaganda’: Petition Against Climate Alarmism Goes Global
A petition being submitted by hundreds of independent climate scientists and professionals from numerous countries to heads of the European Council, Commission and Parliament declares, “There is No Climate Emergency.” Briefly summarized, the request for consideration conveys five urgent messages:…
16 images that will make you feel 'as free as a bird'
Now in its fourth year, the Bird Photographer of the Year competition received more than 13,500 entries from 63 countries, making 2019 its biggest year yet. Both professional and amateur photographers were encouraged to submit photos in the eight different…
Get ready for the onslaught of “smart plastic incineration”
You are going to hear a lot about this, it makes everybody’s problems go poof. Just don’t mention the CO2.
Save the environment by pooping less, says Bolsonaro
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro recently suggested that people could save the environment if they moved their bowels less frequently.
Pluripotency: ‘Butterfly effect’ discovered
Pluripotent cells can give rise to all cells of the body, a power that researchers are eager to control because it opens the door to regenerative medicine and organ culture for transplants. But pluripotency is still a black box for science, controlled by unknown genetic and epigenetic signals. Researchers have now uncovered one of those epigenetic signals, after a detective quest that started almost a decade ago.
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