[TIME] Research suggests the number of deaths will continue to rise More than 5.5 million people die annually due to both outdoor and household air pollution, making it one of the leading global risk factors for disease, according to new research. The research, presented at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…

[via Huffington Post] Scientists have long promoted rain forest preservation as a way to mitigate climate change, but now it turns out that regrowing forests is just as important. Newly grown tropical forests can capture harmful carbon from the atmosphere at a rate up to 11 times faster than older forests, according to a study published…