Human & Ecological Health Stories
Scientists continue to uncover surprising connections between our own health and that of the environment around us. The Anthropocene provides rigorous reporting on cutting-edge research—for example, how urban biodiversity can cut down on the prevalence of allergies and how industrial pollution may contribute to antibiotic resistance.
Nanosilver may cut down on odor, but does it make clothing “green”?
Less frequent laundering may not offset the additional environmental impacts of using antimicrobial silver nanoparticles in textiles.
Is the grass greener on the other side?
Drug legalization could both help and hurt the environment
Letting Biodiversity Get Under Our Skin
Some aspects of dirty living can be healthy. A new study posits that the decline of plant and animal diversity in cities may be linked to the recent surge of allergies and other chronic inflammatory diseases.
A memo from the year 2050
Here's how we avoided the worst of zoonotic diseases
Study ties amphibian collapses with increased malaria outbreaks
If you remove frogs and other "mosquito-reducers" from the landscape, what happens to malaria rates?
When health care becomes a climate solution
A new analysis reveals how a rural clinic helped save more than 27 square kilometers of tropical Indonesian forest—equating to more than $65 million worth of avoided carbon emissions
How to Die in The Anthropocene
Death is inevitable, but its
environmental toll may not have to be.
Benign by Design
The search for biodegradable drugs
A vicious cycle of cows, disease, and climate change
Livestock welfare will be key in helping us reign in emissions
An Internet of Wings
Researchers will track migratory animals from the International Space Station to predict the next pandemic
