Environment

California’s most extensively polluted lake, the Salton Sea, is quickly turning into hazardous dust. This disturbed body of water, which was previously a well-liked tourist…

A new study suggests that global water access should be managed more holistically to mitigate the effects of climate change on drylands. The study, which…

In Europe, a quarter of a billion people reside in mountain valleys. More of this population than previously thought is impacted by air pollution. A…

Engineers have released a new report which examined advanced recycling. The report concluded that advanced recycling helps avoid climate impacts, reduces demand for energy resources,…

Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it,…

Superheated steam dishwashers may be more efficient and environmentally friendly than traditional dishwashers. Researchers created a simulation of such a dishwasher and discovered that it…

Decarbonizing fossil energy uses that cannot be directly electrified with renewable energy is one of the world’s most pressing climate challenges. Major industries that rely…

Ecosystem scientists and policy experts in the United States are calling for a scientific approach to nature-based climate solutions. The report is the result of…

After a near two-year “Microbiome” mission around the world, scientists said they had gathered thousands of samples of marine micro-organisms in a bid to better…

Plastic waste buildup in the environment is what leads to plastic pollution. It can be divided between primary plastics, which include bottle caps and cigarette…

Biologists decided to test this hypothesis using tetraodontiform fishes as a model group to see if paleoclimatic temperature shifts are correlated with body size changes.…

According to a recent University of California San Diego study published in Science, the current U.S. trajectory to decouple from China on renewable energy technology…