Chemistry
Air pollution can make it harder for pollinators to find flowers
Pollutants that build up in night air can break down the scents that attract pollinating hawkmoths to primrose blooms, disrupting their pollination.
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Pollutants that build up in night air can break down the scents that attract pollinating hawkmoths to primrose blooms, disrupting their pollination.
Carbon capture technology tackles climate change by stomping out carbon dioxide at the source.
Flint, Mich., residents still show health impacts long after a switch in their drinking-water source exposed them to toxic lead and other pollutants.
Lead has been linked to lower IQ, behavior problems, mental-health disorders, strokes and more health impacts. There are ways to reduce your exposure.
Bacteria do many useful jobs almost everywhere on Earth, from the soil to the seafloor to our stomachs.
The finding emerges from tests of a new tool that identified smaller-than-ever tiny plastic bits in three brands of bottled water.
Some parts of the ocean may become five times as loud in the future.
Flying insects may use light to figure out where the sky is. But artificial lights can send them veering off course, high-speed video suggests.
Destabilized by waves and vanishing sea ice, one of the glaciers lost 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) of ice in 16 months — a possible hint of worse to come.
After 50 years, this landmark law has kept many species alive — but few wild populations have recovered enough to come off the “endangered” list.