Keith Kloor

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Painting the Desert Green

(CREDIT: PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP IN COORDINATION WITH SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/KNOWABLE MAGAZINE)

Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma and open-ocean gooseneck barnacle Lepas living on floating plastic.

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Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats — and may threaten local species. 

In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, New Marine Ecosystems Are Flourishing

All that glitters is not gold. The shimmering craft supply is a source of polluting microplastics, the detrimental environmental effects of which have inspired new regulations in the EU. (Credit: Dragon Images/Shutterstock)

Hands hovering above a table with bright gold glitter

Why ban glitter? Learn how the plastic content in the shimmering craft supply poses a threat to health and ecosystems around the world.

Saying Goodbye to Glitter? What to Know About Europe's Glitter Ban

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Animal nervous systems may lose their adaptive edge with climate change.

Climate Change Is Altering Animal Brains And Behavior − A Neuroscientist Explains How

Izatha psychra is one of around 2,000 species of moths and butterflies in New Zealand, more than 90 percent of which are found nowhere else in the world. (Credit: Roen Kelly/Discover) 

Moth, Izatha psychra

Years after a massive wildfire destroyed its home, the fate of a critically endangered moth may still be in jeopardy.

Ecologists Strive to Revive Struggling Moth Species

(Credit:David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, CC BY-NC-ND)

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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new ‘living’ material.

Engineered ‘Living Materials’ Could Help Clean Up Water Pollution One Day

Family of wild boar with young piglets on a meadow at sunset looking at the camera

For years, researchers didn’t know why Bavarian feral pigs contained serious levels of radioactive isotopes. Now, scientists finally understand the mystery of the “wild boar paradox.”

Painting the Desert Green

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