What if environmental regulations could increase corporate profits?
According to conventional economic wisdom, the cost of complying with environmental regulations represents a burden that eats into companies’ profits.
Nature has a remedy for oil spills, and it’s all over the place
Certain aquatic plants that are unusually water-repellent and oil-attracting may represent an opportunity for eco-friendly cleanup of oil spills—and removal of invasive weeds in the proces
Hotspots of pollution hidden under the sea
Twelve percent of the continental U.S. coastline may be particularly vulnerable to ocean pollution carried by freshwater seeping through the ground.
Pigeons may help track children’s risk of lead poisoning
Pigeons are quite literally neighborhood birds: they tend to spend their whole lives within a radius of just a few city blocks.
The best places to pick up ocean plastic aren’t the big garbage patches
Ideally, if plastic collectors were placed offshore near coastal population centers, they could remove nearly one-third of plastic in the ocean over the next 10 years
Polluted air pushes pigeons to fly faster
By now you’ve probably seen those viral photos of a hazy, smoky, pollution-riddled Beijing.
The surprising cause of antibiotic resistance
Near the town of Aiken, in southwestern South Carolina, is a remnant of the pre-antibiotic era. It’s known as the Savannah River Site, a 310-square-mile area where the U.
Plastics are invading your salt shakers
This article is available in Spanish through a partnership with the Institute of Ecology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
UK air quality improvements favor the rich
It’s no surprise that air quality tends to be worse in poor areas.
Little blue penguins on the mend after oil spill
When an oil spill hits the news, the images of environmental devastation are often soon followed by more optimistic pictures of people cleaning and rehabilitating wildlife.
