Environment

  1. Ecosystems

    Aspiring to Save the Planet

    The failure of the G-8 Summit to put some teeth in greenhouse-gas limits suggests it may be time for a global climate czar.

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  2. Environment

    Down with Carbon

    Scientists are exploring strategies for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it safely away in order to limit the levels of that greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

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  3. Environment

    How Plastic We’ve Become

    Uncle Sam has confirmed it: Our bodies carry residues of kitchen plastics.

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  4. Environment

    Old thermometers pose new problems

    Though health groups advocate getting mercury thermometers out of the home, obtaining sound advice on how to dispose of the thermometers can be problematic.

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