environment

Inspecting a bone from a salmon's ear can reveal where it has lived.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
Your work environment can make a big difference in your well-being.
Marsha Lewis, Contributing Producer
Climate models show increase in electrifying hits.
Karin Heineman, ISTV Executive Producer
Combining treated bed nets with potential vaccines could make matters worse.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Mathematical model suggests crops can have a noticeable effect on power generation.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Some crops grown at elevated carbon dioxide levels have less zinc and iron.
Ker Than, Contributor
Artificial "eco-leather" could be on fashion runways next year.
Noel Waghorn, Contributor
As gold prices soar, so do deforestation and mercury pollution.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
A new process turns waste chicken feathers into biodegradable plastic.
Katharine Gammon, Contributor
The first nationwide count of parking spaces demonstrates their high environmental cost.
Eric Betz, Contributor
Alternative energy technologies you've never heard of.
Phil Schewe, Contributor
Local governments acknowledge that some significant air and water improvements have occurred in the four decades since Earth Day was first celebrated.
Audrey Hoffer, Contributor