Earth and environmental science

The Road to Recovery: Is the Ozone Layer Finally Healing?

Emergence of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer

Annotated by Robert Smith

Annotated on 12/15/2021

Originally published 07/15/2016

Plastic waste in the ocean - where does it all come from?

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

Annotated by Sabrina Powell

Annotated on 06/16/2021

Originally published 02/13/2015

Underground diamonds reveal unknown Earth history

Primordial and recycled helium isotope signatures in the mantle transition zone

Annotated by Ananya Sen

Annotated on 03/15/2021

Originally published 08/16/2019

Did the dinosaur extinction lead to the evolution of larger mammals?

Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

Annotated by Mary Colvard

Annotated on 07/07/2020

Originally published 10/25/2019

What's the major source of urban air pollution?

Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions

Annotated by Daniel R. Albert

Annotated on 10/25/2018

Originally published 02/16/2018

Bumblebees: Can't take the heat, won't leave the kitchen

Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents

Annotated by Catherine Sirois-Delisle, Peter Soroye, Jeremy T. Kerr

Annotated on 10/09/2018

Originally published 07/10/2015

Just a few degrees can change an ecosystem

Climate change: The 2015 Paris Agreement thresholds and Mediterranean basin ecosystems

Annotated by Sarah Studer

Annotated on 07/26/2018

Originally published 10/28/2016

Keeping up with climate change: Species on the move

Rapid range shifts of species associated with high levels of climate warming

Annotated by Christine Naspinski

Annotated on 03/29/2018

Originally published 08/11/2011

Coral reefs ride out the storm

Hurricane Allen's impact on Jamaican coral reefs

Annotated by Bryan Nguyen

Annotated on 10/10/2017

Originally published 11/13/1981

Can eco-leadership save the planet?

Beyond the roots of human inaction: Fostering collective effort toward ecosystem conservation

Annotated by Elise Amel, Christie Manning, Susan Koger …

Annotated on 04/21/2017

Originally published 04/21/2017