Citing national security, an unusual executive order gave protection to the herbicide Roundup. It also protected the U.S.’s only supply of a controversial, highly flammable munition.

Humans evolved in an atmosphere containing roughly 200–300 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Today, that ...

Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...

Every time a tree trunk is sawn, it creates sawdust. Millions of tons of sawdust are produced every year worldwide, with most ...

The destruction unleashed by large-scale wars leads to commensurate levels of environmental damage. Consider, for instance, how the Gulf War saw oil fields in Kuwait set ablaze, releasing millions of ...

Researchers developed a fireproof material from sawdust and mineral that can be used for internal partitions. Initial ...

For some nuts, such as almonds, a butter format is better than feeding your dog the whole nut due to the possible choking ...

Microbes play a crucial role in maintaining the levels of many nutrients in our environment, but warming could disrupt their function in certain cycles.

About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms poking out of dark soil, picked one of the brown caps, and examined its ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new computational method that could accelerate the search for next-generation materials capable of turning sunlight into useful chemical energy. The work focuses ...

We’ve had waves of red tide and blue-green algae throughout our region of Florida. The politicians and state water quality ...