Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite ...

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Scientists have long known that people living at high altitudes, where oxygen levels are low, have lower rates of diabetes than people living closer to sea level. But the mechanism of this protection ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Oxygen is the breath of ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and increasingly acidic seawater. These global threats are caused by seawater ...

This occurs because oxygen release depends on local oxygen concentration: in low-oxygen regions, a greater amount of oxygen is released, while in areas with higher oxygen levels, the amount released ...

Researchers from the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have shown that a low-oxygen environment—similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp—can protect the brain and restore ...

Oxygen is critical to life. When levels of oxygen change, it can have immediate and lasting impacts on a person's health. Tatum Simonson, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and John B. West ...

You could call it “Dead Zone East,” a 1,634-square-mile area of Gulf of Mexico bottom waters with dangerously low levels of oxygen on the east side of the Mississippi River. It's a bit larger than the ...