Mat McDermott
Crops Irrigated with Recycled Wastewater Pick Up 'Reassuringly' Low Amounts of Drugs
But even after passing through sewage treatment plants, water otherwise considered safe enough to drink or be discharged into waterways without risk of pollution still can contain remnants of drugs and anti-bacterial soaps.
A Breakthrough in Fog Harvesting Is Good News for Arid Areas
A new method from MIT collects five times more water than current systems.
A Container Ship Is Traversing the Northern Sea Route for the First Time
Taking the Northeast Passage radically reduces the distance from East Asia to Northern Europe, saving tons of fuel. There's some serious environmental irony in this.
Air Pollution Kills 200,000 Americans Every Year
Road traffic and power plants are killing hundreds of thousands of Americans every year, a new MIT study shows.
There's a Grand Canyon Under a Mile of Ice in Greenland
If the planet keeps heating up, it's going to be a lovely place to vacation in a few centuries.
India, the World's Second-Largest Shark Fishery, Banned Shark Finning
Scofflaw fishermen disposing of shark bodies at sea face seven years in prison.
Sea Ice Melt in the Arctic Probably Won't Set a Record This Summer
Too bad an ice-free Arctic summer is still largely inevitable.
For the Rest of the Year, Humans Will Use More Resources Than the Earth Can Provide
Earth Overshoot Day 2013 is here, and it's two days earlier than last year.
Extreme Heat Waves Are Now Unstoppable
But cutting carbon emissions will keep them from getting even worse.
Obesity in America Is Three Times More Deadly Than We Thought
We won't see the worst of this epidemic until the current generation of children grows old.
Plants Are Officially Climbing Mountains to Find Cooler Temperatures
At this rate they could be pushed right off the top, scientists say.