Industrial chicken farms are trashing Britain's rivers—and planning reforms could make things worse
Once voted the UK's favorite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary—150 miles through an ...
Southern Ocean warming will mean a wetter West Coast
As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean—between Antarctica and other continents—will eventually release heat absorbed ...
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating, research suggests
El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...
Study uses body's clock to deliver medication precisely when needed
Researchers at WashU Medicine have harnessed the internal circadian clock of the body to deliver medication for an ...
Codex of Türi: Study traces origins of Estonia's oldest dated manuscript covers
A recent study by Dr. Alar Läänelaid and his colleagues has provided new insights into the creation of the oldest dated ...
'Doom loops' are accelerating climate change—but we can break them
Vicious cycles are accelerating climate change. One is happening at the north pole, where rising temperatures caused by ...
Replacing gas vehicles with electric cars could prevent new cases of childhood asthma
Up to one-third of all new asthma cases each year are attributed to the harmful air pollutants that are emitted by ...