Forest Conservation on the Front Lines of the Climate-change Fight
Forests help to mitigate global warming, but they are also endangered by it. Many tree species struggled this summer as much of Europe was hit…
Environment
Why The Salton Sea Has Changed From A Tourist Attraction To A Toxic, Eggy Dustbowl
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…
Solutions to Water Security Issues in the World’s Drylands
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…
More than Previously Thought, Wood Heating Pollutes the Air in Mountainous Areas
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…
Recycling Advanced Plastics Benefits the Environment
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,…
Can Change Social Norms Aid in Climate Change Mitigation?
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,…
Dishwashing with Superheated Steam is Efficient and Environmentally Friendly
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…
Clean Hydrogen is Valuable
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…
Plan for Natural Climate Change Remedies based on Science
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…
Scientists Scour the Oceans for Plankton and Pollution
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…
Impact of Plastic Pollution
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…
Ocean Cooling has Resulted in Larger Fish Over Millennia
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.…
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