North Sea oil and gas extraction can cause pollution to spike by more than 10,000% within half a kilometre around off-shore sites.
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Underwater Mapping Reveals new Insights into Melting of Antarctica's Ice Shelves
Clues to future sea level rise have been revealed by the first detailed maps of the underside of a floating ice shelf in Antarctica.
The ‘Internet of Animals’ Could Transform What We Know About Wildlife
Field biologists tend to be a patient lot, often resigned to long days and weeks in the field and committed to experiments that take years to yield results.
Downwind States Face Disproportionate Burden of Air Pollution
A recent Supreme Court decision to block a federal rule curbing interstate air pollution further complicates efforts to reduce emissions and adds to an already disproportionate burden on “downwind” states, according to researchers at the University of Notre Dame.
Two Shark Species Documented in Puget Sound for First Time by Oregon State Researchers
Oregon State University researchers have made the first scientific confirmation in Puget Sound of two distinct shark species, one of them critically endangered.
Confronted with Wildfire Smoke, These Trees Stop Breathing
Scientists have discovered that ponderosa pines effectively stop breathing when beset by wildfire smoke.