Environment

A month worth of cool science stories, summed up.
Alistair Jennings, Contributor
Scientists now know much more about the underground cavities in the sand that nearly killed a boy in 2013.
Catherine Meyers, Editor
Researchers are learning how to cope with the arrival of the sargassum’s “brown tide."
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Contributor
New research finds plastic particles in Arctic snow, in amounts that surprise scientists.
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Contributor
A month's worth of cool science stories summed up.
Alistair Jennings, Contributor
What goes down our drains could harm the environment.
Sofie Bates, Contributor
Alternative sanitation systems are making use of creatures that find homes in human poop.
Nala Rogers, Staff Writer
These massive holes in the ice, known as polynyas, may appear more often as climate change advances.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
High-speed video shows how far one drop of water really goes.
Karin Heineman, Executive Producer
A new study highlights the magnitude of transmission lines' potential negative effects on the forest.
Joshua Learn, Contributor
Critical ecosystem’s first global height measurement could aid climate change fight.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
While leadership upheaval grabs headlines, the NEON project's network of observatories is quietly starting to yield results.
Nala Rogers, Staff Writer