The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

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Democrats continue to be more likely than Republicans to say science has had a mostly positive effect on society.

Vertical farming can do more than lettuce. A research team has investigated the cultivation of six food groups in vertical farming: Crops, algae, mushrooms, insects, fish and cultivated meat. In this ...

Communities across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges in the Anthropocene. These challenges are particularly acute ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that has not deposited records to the Records Office. The National Science Foundation has requested that the National Academies provide it with help in ...

A new discovery at the University of Missouri reveals that vitamin C may help protect reproductive health from a harmful ...

Both environmental science and environmental engineering offer dynamic academic and career opportunities that focus on understanding the natural world and developing sustainable solutions for global ...

Most people are “very” or “extremely” concerned about the state of the natural world, a new global public opinion survey shows. Just under 40 percent of respondents said technological advances can ...