• SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing

    SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing

    Mar 07, 2020 05:05 PM EST

    ... booster and Dragon capsule were recycled from previous flights. Among the science experiments flying: an analysis of running shoe cushioning in weightlessness by Adidas, a water droplet study by Delta Faucet Co. striving for better showerhead water conservation, 3D models of heart and intestinal tissue, and 320 snippets of grape ...

  • Climate change may pose a threat to future Super Bowls in Miami

    Climate change may pose a threat to future Super Bowls in Miami

    Feb 03, 2020 07:12 PM EST

    ... to begin with. You can adapt to these new challenges, but you have to adapt. You don't want to wait until you're under water." Also sanguine is Ben Kirtman, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami. He said state and local governments increasingly acknowledge the need ...

  • These travel companies add climate-conscious options to your itinerary

    These travel companies add climate-conscious options to your itinerary

    Sep 20, 2019 06:28 PM EST

    ... the nonprofit Sustainable Travel International. In Peru, TCS is donating funds to help preserve the Amazon, and in Cambodia, the company is supporting a ceramic water purifier program, an alternative to water decontamination using firewood or charcoal as fuel and contributes to the release of carbon. Feedback from both employees ...

  • This new nanotech could help clean up Earth's microplastics

    This new nanotech could help clean up Earth's microplastics

    Jul 31, 2019 05:01 PM EST

    ... the oceans, where they make up 94 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, microplastics can end up in our wastewater, and ultimately our drinking water. The origins of microplastics are known -- the disintegration of larger plastics into fragments, microfibers, beauty products and even tires, to name a few. But ...

  • News Wrap: Justice Department agrees to release some Mueller evidence

    News Wrap: Justice Department agrees to release some Mueller evidence

    Jun 10, 2019 10:50 PM EST

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans today to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021. He said water bottles, plastic bags and straws could be put on the list in an effort to reduce pollution. Trudeau also touted the economic benefits at a news conference. Justin Trudeau: By ...

  • Baby teeth study reveals children near smelters are exposed to dangerous lead in the womb

    Baby teeth study reveals children near smelters are exposed to dangerous lead in the womb

    May 16, 2019 03:11 PM EST

    The environmental tragedy in Flint, Michigan, in which drinking water contaminated with lead raised fears of potential health effects for exposed children, revealed the failure of a regulatory system to protect residents from lead exposure. Until 2015 the Exide Technologies lead-acid battery smelter, in southeast Los Angeles County, California ...

  • How biodegradable plastic bags don't live up to their name

    How biodegradable plastic bags don't live up to their name

    May 02, 2019 07:36 PM EST

    Even standard plastic bags can’t be recycled from your home recycling bin, so most end up in landfill or are swept away by water or wind, becoming litter. Biodegradable and compostable bags are meant to solve these problems, but the study indicates that’s not the case so far ...

  • What to do with all of your holiday trash

    What to do with all of your holiday trash

    Dec 21, 2018 02:53 PM EST

    ... equating to an extra 1 million tons of waste in landfills per week. Holiday waste disposal can be tricky, and depending on the material and recycling guidelines in your community, you could be doing serious environmental -- or even physical -- harm by tossing certain holiday decorative items in those big blue ...

  • Cape Town drought is a global harbinger, says NASA scientist

    Cape Town drought is a global harbinger, says NASA scientist

    Mar 31, 2018 09:33 PM EST

    ... groundwater and so the future I think in many cities around the world is a combination of surface and groundwater use managed jointly, some sewage recycling, some desalination if possible, lots of conservation of course maybe changes in water water pricing. We'd like to say there's no there ...

  • What would it take to fix America's crumbling infrastructure?

    What would it take to fix America's crumbling infrastructure?

    Jan 08, 2018 10:30 PM EST

    ... can make a real difference. One way to do that would be leveraging the $200 billion to get more funding through private investment and asset recycling. Asset recycling is the idea that the government that owns the assets -- and the owner of the vast majority of infrastructure in the U ...