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Are mosquito-killing natural pesticides unintentionally harming frogs?

The question of how pesticides affect public health and the environment has generated a lot of attention in Québec. Pesticides are widely used and often end up in our natural environment......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxFeb 7th, 2022

Study examines which students fare worst when natural disasters close schools

Researchers have examined the impact of school closures due to natural disasters and found that these closures have similar impacts on student performance across economic groups. The researchers find white students and high-performing students are le.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Coral exudates, not algae, linked to bacterial growth that threaten reefs

A study led by the University of Bremen suggests that on algae-dominated coral reefs, it is not the algae but the corals themselves that may contribute to the growth of harmful bacteria. This discovery suggests that a disturbance in the natural compo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Pesticides: Farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses—especially in hot weather

The various regulatory systems for approving pesticides in operation around the world are crude and flawed. This has long been clear to scientists and it is deeply worrying, as this regulation is supposed to protect people and the environment from ha.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Long COVID Is Harming Too Many Kids

Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Memphis man pleads guilty to kidnapping, killing school teacher

Memphis man pleads guilty to kidnapping, killing school teacher.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

A natural climate change laboratory in Japan reveals the adaptation dynamics of fishers

A new study published in the journal People and Nature reveals the complex relationship between the impacts of climate change and the adaptive responses of coastal fishers in one of the areas most affected by these environmental changes: the southern.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

From fireflies to drones: Researchers uncover strategy for synchronization efficiency

Researchers from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering looked to the natural world to explain how synchronized systems can work more efficiently and made a significant discovery. Their results were published in the journal Nature Communi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Misinformation and disinformation: Both prebunking and debunking work for fighting them, finds study

Misinformation, incorrect or false information shared unintentionally, can be extremely damaging. Its climate change-denying sort can make taking much-needed action against global warming more difficult. It can be even deadly, for example, if it enco.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Natural compound found in flowers blocks activity of an enzyme involved in multiple sclerosis and cancer

Scientists have identified a natural compound that halts the process involved in the progression of certain forms of cancer and demyelinating conditions—those that damage the sheath, known as myelin, that surrounds neurons—such as multiple sclero.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them

Plantix started with the mission of making farming more environmentally friendly. So how did it end up selling the very products it wanted to fight against?.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Molecular insights into the dynamic dance of nanoplastics and natural organic matter

Nanoplastics, emerging as persistent environmental pollutants, pose significant threats due to their durability and wide distribution in water bodies. Their interactions with natural organic matter are critical, influencing pollutant retention, micro.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock

We obtained 900 complaints the FCC received about T-Mobile's infamous price hike. T-Mobile promised users who bought certain mobile plans that it would never raise their prices fo.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Study suggests frogs and toads will face new risks as water habitats dry up due to global warming

A small international team has found that anurans such as frogs and toads will be facing increased risks to their survival in the coming years due to water habitats drying up as a result of global warming......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

New study investigates insecticide contamination in Minnesota"s water

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found that specific insecticides, called neonicotinoids, were found at high concentrations in some ground.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Five surprising ways that trees help prevent flooding

Think of flood prevention and you might imagine huge concrete dams, levees or the shiny Thames barrier. But some of the most powerful tools for reducing flood risk are far more natural and widely recognizable: woodlands and green spaces. Trees offer.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 19th, 2024

Lignin molecular property discovery could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing i.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Forest fires are shifting north and intensifying—here"s what that means for the planet

Fires have long been a natural part of forest ecosystems, but something is changing. Our new study shows that forest fires have become more widespread and severe amid global heating, particularly in the high northern latitudes such as Canada and Sibe.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Tech can help kids connect with nature and go outdoors—here are tips to make it work

Young children's lives are increasingly spent indoors. They have less access to green spaces, their parents are concerned about safety, and there's also the draw of digital entertainment. This shift away from the natural world has been evocatively na.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Texas natural-gas pipeline eases bottlenecks, paves way for higher shale output

Texas natural-gas pipeline eases bottlenecks, paves way for higher shale output.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Scientists create new overwintering sites for monarch butterflies on a warming planet

The migration of the monarch butterfly is one of the wonders of the natural world. Each autumn, a new generation of monarch butterflies is born in the northern United States and southern Canada. Hundreds of millions of these butterflies then fly to t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024