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Tidal floods driven by climate change may hurt small businesses

Parking data from Annapolis, Md.’s historic downtown shows how tidal flooding, driven by sea rise, can hurt local business.

By Sujata Gupta | 6:00am, February 19, 2019

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Agriculture

Science Stats | Agriculture

Prosecco production takes a toll on northeast Italy’s environment

By Cassie Martin | 1:28pm, January 18, 2019

Science Visualized | Agriculture

This honeybee parasite may be more of a fat stealer than a bloodsucker

By Susan Milius | 1:15pm, January 18, 2019

News | Agriculture

A new way to genetically tweak photosynthesis boosts plant growth

By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, January 03, 2019
Climate

News | Climate

Climate change could increase foodborne illness by energizing flies

By Susan Milius | 9:00am, February 14, 2019

News | Climate

An Antarctic expedition will search for what lived under the Larsen C ice shelf

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:59pm, February 08, 2019

News | Climate

2018 was the fourth-hottest year on record, and it’s getting even hotter

By Jeremy Rehm | 6:48pm, February 06, 2019
Earth

News | Earth

Muons reveal the whopping voltages inside a thunderstorm

By Emily Conover | 7:00am, February 15, 2019

News in Brief | Earth

Greenland may have another massive crater hiding under its ice

By Carolyn Gramling | 10:06am, February 12, 2019

Feature | Earth

Five explosive things the 2018 eruption taught us about Kilauea

By Jennifer Leman | 7:00am, January 29, 2019
Ecosystems

News | Ecosystems

Poison toilet paper reveals how termites help rainforests resist drought

By Yao-Hua Law | 2:00pm, January 10, 2019

Feature | Ecosystems

Beavers are engineering a new Alaskan tundra

By Sid Perkins | 9:00am, November 28, 2018

Feature | Ecosystems

How mammoths competed with other animals and lost

By Alexandra Witze | 12:30pm, November 13, 2018
Oceans

News | Oceans

Collapsing ice cliffs may not contribute to sea level rise

By Carolyn Gramling | 3:26pm, February 06, 2019

News | Oceans

Climate change might not slow ocean circulation as much as thought

By Carolyn Gramling | 4:47pm, January 31, 2019

News in Brief | Oceans

Young emperor penguins brave icy, winter waters in their first year

By Jeremy Rehm | 5:07pm, January 23, 2019
Pollution

News | Pollution

Chinese ‘tweets’ hint that happiness drops as air pollution rises

By Sujata Gupta | 11:19am, January 30, 2019

News | Pollution

4 ways to tackle ocean trash besides Ocean Cleanup’s broken system

By Laurel Hamers | 3:48pm, January 04, 2019

News | Pollution

Satellites make mapping hot spots of ammonia pollution easier

By Laurel Hamers | 7:00am, January 04, 2019
Sustainability

News in Brief | Sustainability

A new 2-D material uses light to quickly and safely purify water

By Jeremy Rehm | 3:30pm, February 12, 2019

News | Sustainability

Desalination pours more toxic brine into the ocean than previously thought

By Jeremy Rehm | 10:17am, January 14, 2019

News | Sustainability

Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds

By Susan Milius | 3:52pm, December 12, 2018
Toxicology

50 Years Ago | Toxicology

50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to the edge of extinction

By Allie Wilkinson | 7:00am, February 14, 2019

News | Toxicology

An acid found in soil may make a disease killing deer less infectious

By Jennifer Leman | 6:00am, November 30, 2018

News | Toxicology

A ghost gene leaves ocean mammals vulnerable to some pesticides

By Cassie Martin | 2:00pm, August 09, 2018

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