Marine plastics. Image courtesy of the Science Photo Library. Plastic waste has been a visible and growing problem around the world for decades. Various campaigns

Green roofs, roofs covered in plants, could help cool cities. As the world population increases, the need for urban infrastructure also increases. Human activities, coupled

Crops can become contaminated in a variety of ways based on the environments in which they grow. Some examples include deposition from organic chemicals in

Factories use dioxane, a potential carcinogen, to manufacture a variety of industrial compounds. Image courtesy of Flickr. For decades, a simple organic compound, 1,4-dioxane, has

A prescribed burn. Image courtesy of National Park Services For the past hundred years, human interventions—including fire-suppression policies—essentially removed fire as an ecological factor from

Image courtesy of Qiagen. Have you ever wanted to do something, just because you were told you can’t do it? Worry not—people aren’t the only

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. For those living in China, the simple act of stepping outside poses a major health risk. With each breath, people’s

Image courtesy of the European Southern Observatory. What if you lived on a planet where the sun never set—in fact, where there were three suns?

Image courtesy of Vijay Ramani. Imagine an all-in-one battery that can both generate and store its own energy. Unitized regenerative fuel cells (URFCs) are devices