Global warming means the ozone hole is getting smaller
It sounds counterintuitive – one pollution-propelled problem reducing the effects of another – but it’s true. The ozone hole over Antarctica is the smallest it’s been in more than 20 […]
Category Archives: Our Environment
Want an air pollution reading? Go fly a kite
Kites inhabit so many niches within our lives. For some cultures in China and Afghanistan, flying a kite is an important historic tradition. In science, you might associate them with […]
Biologist Dr. Barry Commoner dies at 95
Dr. Commoner was something of a hybrid scientist; he was a researcher and a professor, but he was also an activist. His resume includes biology professor, government researcher, environmental and […]
This summer too hot for you? It could get worse
Our air conditioning may break down in the next few years. Not the mechanical one we can flip on with a switch, the one that works to keep the globe […]
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