#Environmental science

Author: Carolyn Gramling / Source: Science News Plastic pollution from Paris doesn’t necessarily stay in Paris. Tiny bits of plastic that originated in cities were carried by wind to a remote mountain location at least 95 kilometers away, a study finds. It’s the first demonstration that

Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know? Even though some folks in government and in private life openly say climate change and global warming don’t exist, those no denying the science that shows our planet is changing at an alarming pace. Two interactive maps, one from the National Oceanic

Author: Bryan Clark / Source: The Next Web Vipul Bansal didn’t believe he was getting enough vitamin D. He’s not alone. Although figures vary wildly, somewhere between 10 and 80 percent of Americans are vitamin D deficient. Bansal, Professor of Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science at

Author: John Rennie / Source: WIRED When marine ecologists released the Ocean Health Index for the first time in 2012, it was a majestically ambitious achievement. The index, born of a collaboration among dozens of scientists, economists and environmental managers at the National Center for

Submitted by Farron Cousins via DeSmogBlog.com, On January 16, 2016, President Obama declared a federal emergency for the city of Flint, Michigan, over the contamination of the city’s drinking water. One year later, not only is the city still struggling to provide clean sources of water to the