(Natural News) Better known as “flying cars,” electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) are said to be the cleaner and more economical mode of transportation compared to ground vehicles. However, researchers recently warned that this only applied for long commutes – over shorter distances, eVTOLs proved to be more inefficient and generated more air […]

(Natural News) Bees are not the only pollinating insects in danger of disappearing from the face of the Earth. The population of monarch butterflies in California has dwindled to alarming levels after the destruction of so much of their natural habitat. A recent study by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation warns that the number of […]

(Natural News) Microplastics have now wormed their way into groundwater systems. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the first to report the presence of microplastics in fractured limestone aquifers, a groundwater source that accounts for 25 percent of the global drinking water supply. Their findings were published […]

(Natural News) Lead poisoning is a problem the world over. In 2016, over half a million deaths worldwide were caused by lead exposure, according to data from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. In a study published in the Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, researchers Salman Hassan Selmy of Egypt’s Assuin University noted that treating the soil with […]

(Natural News) Increasing numbers of microplastics are found inside mussels and other shellfish during recent years. Now, a U.K. study warns that exposure to these tiny plastics makes it more difficult for blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) to get a grip on a surface, much less hang on to its surroundings while getting pounded by the surf or […]

(Natural News) As if fracking wasn’t causing enough environmental problems, Pennsylvania-based researchers claims that oil companies could extract more oil from unconventional reservoirs. Their recently published study shows that the companies need to reconsider the physics found in those deep wells. As of 2017, the United States gets more than 50 percent of its current oil production from unconventional formations […]

(Natural News) Brace yourself: Tears of uncontrollable laughter are soon to flow because of what you’re about to read. An “Associate Professor of History” at Willamette University in Oregon contends that students in a “climate-change-focused” class she teaches at the school are having mental breakdowns over global warming – an apparently growing phenomenon that climate […]

(Natural News) Grilling season is here, but you might want to think twice before skewering up some shrimp this summer — those tasty crustaceans may be toxic. Scientists studying rivers in the United Kingdom say every single sample of shrimp they examined tested positive for cocaine and lidocaine. Other drugs, such as ketamine and opioids, […]

(Natural News) Given the considerable levels of seismic activity throughout California, it comes as no surprise that Los Angeles has experienced more than its fair share of earthquakes over the centuries. But the results of a recent study warned that many of those quakes may have been triggered by oil pumping and other human activities. The study […]

(Natural News) In its May 2019 issue, The Atlantic magazine published a powerful exposé about how pharmaceutical drugs are polluting our water supplies and destroying our environment – which is exactly what Natural News tried to warn the world about 15 years ago. The well-written piece by Rebecca Giggs explains how the circle of life, […]