MS-ESS3-3

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

  1. Environment

    Cleaning clothes dirties oceans

    Washing polyester fabrics sends plastics to sea.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Environment

    Swirling seas of plastic trash

    Long-lasting oceanic garbage threatens marine life.

    By Amanda Rose Martinez
  3. Animals

    An enemy in the cave

    Bats under attack from a fungus send scientists searching for clues to solve a deadly mystery.

    By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli
  4. Health & Medicine

    Sunlight worsens jet pollution

    Chemical reactions caused by the sun’s rays worsen air pollution from idling jets at airports.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Oceans

    Sea changes

    Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Materials Science

    Battery powered to heal

    With its own first-aid kit, this battery can really keep going.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Environment

    Floor of Gulf got slimed

    Oil from BP spill was likely dragged down by bacterial goo.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Environment

    Planting seeds for better plastic

    Scientists are working to put the bio in plastics.

    By Emily Sohn
  9. Fossils

    Downsized dinosaurs

    Island living may have led to miniature versions of giant dinosaurs.

    By Emily Sohn
  10. Tech

    Cold house, hot house, green house

    Saving energy at home requires paying attention to the building's windows, walls, and roof.

    By Emily Sohn
  11. Environment

    A newspaper’s hidden cost

    Getting a newspaper electronically would be much better for the planet than receiving the paper version.

    By Emily Sohn
  12. Environment

    Alien invasions

    Around the world, plants, animals, fungi, and other life forms are ending up in places where they don't belong.

    By Emily Sohn