environmental science
Scientists recreate natural insect repellent.
ESF faculty: human population, lack of knowledge are planet’s biggest challenges.
Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered a way to make trees grow bigger and faster, which could increase supplies of renewable resources and help trees cope with the effects of climate change.
Nano-coated mesh could clean oil spills for less than $1 per square foot.
What we eat has a big influence on our environment, in ways beyond the typical carbon footprint questions of local vs. imported or animal vs. vegetable.
The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals than the spilled oil, according to a study conducted at Temple University. The study comes on the eve of the spill’s fifth anniversary, April 20.
Levels of radon, a known carcinigen, rising since 2004, around the time that drilling for a new type of natural gas well began.
A University of Florida scientist has developed a fertilizer for palm trees that should keep them healthy and reduce water pollution..
Redistributed industrial metal is present at levels harmful to bees
