In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural carbon sinks: those primarily ...

Home to only 150 or so people most of the year, the Salton Sea in southern California—“created by the collision of geology and bad luck”—swells to 4,000 during the winter as people come to escape the ...

Bonaire’s salt pans are also home to one of the island’s most popular ... so you can rest assured that your visit is supporting conservation efforts both on land and at sea. If you’re more into hiking ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...

Sprinkling salt on the road or sidewalk after snowfall can make conditions safer for drivers and pedestrians, but can cause harm to local waterways and wildlife, London, Ont., researchers say.

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fine-ground salt) can fit into one teaspoon versus something flakier like a sea salt. Additionally, a pinch of salt—which you would add one to two times per recipe when cooking—is less than ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud ...

House Republicans are trying to figure out what replaces the so-called SALT cap for residents of high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California who have seen a tax hit from the limit.

This is the final tax year for a cap on the federal government's State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, which reduces your IRS income tax bill based on taxes you've already paid to state and local ...

A groundbreaking imaging method for tracking salt inside plant cells has rewritten knowledge of how roots handle toxic levels of sodium ions. The findings might aid efforts to boost plant ...