Earth

  1. Earth

    Pollution in India may affect climate

    Computer models show that air pollution over India could be preventing up to 15 percent of the sunlight from reaching the ground in the springtime, possibly causing temperature drops of up to 2 degrees Celsius.

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  2. Earth

    Y2K: One of the hottest, wettest yet

    Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center indicate the year 2000 will be one of the six hottest and one of the ten wettest years on record.

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  3. Earth

    Macho Waters

    Some river pollution spawns body-altering steroids.

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  4. Agriculture

    Tasteful new wrapping can protect produce

    New, fruit- and vegetable-based edible packaging could reduce the amount of synthetic wrapping needed to protect food.

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  5. Earth

    Seeded Clouds ‘Explode’

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