Paris has successfully cut noise pollution, but urban birds still can't sing at their natural pitch

When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic "Silent Spring" in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might ...
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Human impact on the ocean will double by 2050, scientists warn

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Subscribe to our newsletter ...
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The aerosol dilemma: How fighting pollution affects climate change

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ...

Zebrafish facility at UC to study the effect of pollution on human reproductive health

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is now home to a new zebrafish research facility. Researchers will use ...
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A Cloudy Future: What Air Pollution Does to the Human Body

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the plain, skyscrapers rising and buildings extending ...
Wired

The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward a Breaking Point

Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.