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EU takes aim at plastic pellets to prevent their nightmare cleanup
Industrial plastic pellets washed up on a Catalan beach in 2024. At first glance, the tiny plastic granules seem relatively ...
Ecologists report spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes and their hybrids in North America
Geographical coverage and temporal trends in distribution of Culex species and hybrid zones. Credit: One health (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101205 West ...
Airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating African food crops, study warns
Use of mercury passive air samplers (MerPAS) to measure gaseous elemental mercury concentrations in and around ASGM and agricultural areas. ...
As a glacier retreats, a gold mine advances. Why are some locals angry?
Along the Tulseca River, the abandoned Tulsequa Chief Mine is leaking acidic drainage water into salmon habitat. Photo: Photo: Chris ...
How a genetic split helped plants conquer polluted soils
Credit: Horticulture Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/hour/uhae334 Phytochelatin synthases (PCS) produce phytochelatins, tiny cysteine-rich peptides that bind and neutralize toxic metal ...
Extreme blazes drive rise in COâ‚‚ fire emissions
Forest fires caused by climate change have increased global greenhouse gas emissions. Rampant wildfires in the Americas led to a ...
Time-delay snapshots enable scientists to identify dynamics in chaotic systems
An example of an invariant measure for a simplified mathematical model of atmospheric convection known as the Lorentz-63 system, using ...
New insights into how salt gathers at common solvent surfaces
Credit: Journal of Colloidal and Interface Science (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.139019 New research from Flinders University has shed light on one ...
Surprising bacteria discovery links HawaiÊ»i’s groundwater to the ocean
Microscopic images of the newly discovered bacterium Caulobacter inopinatus. (A) One cell with a tail-like flagellum used for swimming. (B, ...
‘Footprint of death’ gives new clues to cell life and disease spread
Dead cells after the process of self-destruction and fragmentation. The large green areas are “eat me” signals that alert immune ...
