The Gas Stove Culture Wars Have Begun
[ad_1] A new way to show your political affiliation may be emerging, and it’s close to home. So close, you’ll find it in your kitchen. A debate over gas stoves…
Florida Is Fighting to Feed Starving Manatees This Winter
[ad_1] Few vignettes show how much human activity has affected wildlife more than the scene at Florida Power & Light’s plant in Cape Canaveral. Hundreds of manatees bask in an…
The Planet Desperately Needs That UN Plastics Treaty
[ad_1] This week in Uruguay, scientists, environmentalists, and government representatives—and, of course, lobbyists—are gathering to begin negotiations on a United Nations treaty on plastics. It’s only the start of talks, so…
Air Quality Mirrors the Racial Segregation of US Neighborhoods
[ad_1] Racial inequity biases algorithms, skews Covid-19 death rates, and exacerbates the digital divide. Your race is even a good predictor of what’s in the air you breathe—and now, a…
Tiny Aerosols Pose a Big Predicament in a Warming World
[ad_1] Fossil fuels are rapidly warming the planet, and the aerosols from their combustion kill millions of people each year. So we need to rapidly decarbonize. But in an ironic…
The World Is Drowning in Plastic. Here’s How It All Started
[ad_1] In the early 2010s, brands began phasing out the plastic microbeads they’d been adding to toothpaste and face scrubs to boost their scrubbing power. Some of these products contained…
Why India’s Capital Is Teeming With Mosquitoes
[ad_1] Delhi’s surge of Culex mosquitoes comes at a time when public health officials are declaring notable victories against other kinds of mosquitoes, including the Anopheles genus that transmits malaria.…
Wildfire Smoke May Carry Deadly Fungi Long Distances
[ad_1] Glowing red skies and bitter ash-laden air are increasingly common across much of the US as the warming climate fuels vast wildfires. For years now, researchers have understood that…
With ‘What If? 2’, Randall Munroe Is Back to Answer Your Impossible Questions
[ad_1] I was first just reading about how MRIs have got really big magnets in them, and thinking: I know that the magnetic field extends out away from them. It…
How Scientists Are Cleaning Up Rivers Using Grasses and Oysters
[ad_1] One hundred miles north of Philadelphia, the Billion Oyster Project has been restoring the bivalves in New York Harbor since 2010, engaging more than 10,000 volunteers and 6,000 students…
How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds
[ad_1] If you have a habit of perusing satellite imagery of the world’s oceans—and who doesn’t, really?—you might get lucky and spot long, thin clouds, like white slashes across the…
The Dangerous Chemicals Lurking Inside Shipping Containers
[ad_1] For their study, Hinz and her colleagues enlisted the help of the New Zealand customs authority. Staff used probes, which they pushed through the rubber seals of the container…