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Scientists discover deep-sea microplastic hotspots driven by fast-moving underwater avalanches
Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...
EPA must use the best available science—by law—but what does that mean?
Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its mission to protect human health and the ...
Conservation scientist will give W&M commencement speech
WILLIAMSBURG — Conservation scientist M. Sanjayan has been tapped to address graduates at William & Mary’s 2025 commencement ...
When farmers and scientists collaborate, biodiversity and agriculture can thrive – here’s how
Farmers can take ownership of nature recovery actions and scientific expertise can adapt to local knowledge in the design of ...
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‘Now is not the time for despair’ — how scientists can take a stand against political interference
Lessons from environmental and other social movements can help researchers to protect scientific integrity from attack.
CDC cuts environmental health employees
Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Staff who worked on lead, asthma let go from CDC Staff members who ...
EPA to review ‘new science’ on fluoride as RFK Jr. reportedly tells CDC to stop recommending it
The agency’s announcement comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is reportedly instructing the ...
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Scientists Develop Process Using Molecules in the Cell to Identify Environmental Signals
Research by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists centers on RNA, a nucleic acid that plays a crucial role in most ...
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The Safety Scientists Forging a More Secure Tomorrow
A peek behind the scenes at UL Research Institutes, where researchers are taking on the biggest threats to our environment, ...
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Scientists pioneer method to tackle 'forever chemicals'
Boris Yakobson and Yufeng Zhao from the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering; and Yu-Yi Shen and Mason Tomson from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Additional ...
Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate ...