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Environmental Science
A marine scientist explains the threat of the Loop Current, a 800-pound gorilla of Gulf hurricane risks.
Science and the sacred both allow us to retain our sense of wonder, even as disaster seems to swirl around us.
Photosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet.
There's a fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America.
Yorkicystis lived during the “Cambrian explosion,” 539 million to 485 million years ago – hundreds of million years before the dinosaurs.
Fire-retardant gels and slimes combine the best attributes of water and foam.
The weirdest thing about the 21 feet found near Vancouver since 2007? Foul play has been ruled out.
The answer may lie in the particular way sand forms on Titan.
Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.
Here’s how it works.
Two types of leaves for two different drastic weather conditions.
There may be thousands of undiscovered mammal species in the world. Most are small, like bats and rodents, but there could be primates, too. A lifeline for Bigfoot enthusiasts?
A large study concludes that people who grew up in rural areas are superior at navigation, likely because cities tend to be less complex.
Small spiders use their silk threads to passively fly, a process called ballooning. Learning how could help atmospheric scientists.
Murmurations have no leader and follow no plan.
The way that the ancient Megalodon adapted to water temperature has important implications for modern marine creatures.
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
The rhetorical fallout is greater than the radioactive fallout.
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here's the science of how it works.
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth's fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
Letting nature's expert engineers lead the way.
Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.
With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.
Pokémon has people wandering the world to enslave wild and magical creatures so they can fight in painful blood sports. What's fun about that?
Steel tires may be better for the planet and could replace rubber.
Tusks suddenly became a liability, even though in natural circumstances, tusks are very useful.
With sea levels rising, the Dutch are pondering floating cities — while also exporting their engineering know-how to turn a tidy profit.
Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?