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Flame retardant pollution threatens wildlife on all continents, research finds
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Flame retardant pollution threatens wildlife on all continents, research finds

More than 100 species, from frogs to killer whales, contaminated with long-lasting chemicals with serious health effects. More than a hundred species of wildlife found across every continent are contaminated with highly toxic flame retardants, and the pollution is probably responsible for population declines in some species, a new analysis of published research shows. The dangerous chemicals...

Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent
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Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent

When their vocal calls get drowned out by traffic and other human noises, monkeys living in the Amazon Rainforest resort to sending smell-based messages nearly twice as often as usual. “Right in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, you’ve got an extremely biodiverse rainforest with a massive city in the middle of it,” says Jacob Dunn at...