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…
Environment
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.…
Clean Tech Decoupling from China has far more Risks than Benefits, According to a Study
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…
Scientists May Have Dramatically Underestimated the Number of Ancient Martian Lakes
Lakes are large bodies of water that receive water from rivers, groundwater, rivers, precipitation, and snowmelt. Lakes also hold vital geologic evidence of previous climatic…
Why are Some Countries Pioneering the Transition to Green Energy?
A new study identifies the political factors that allow some countries to lead in adopting cleaner sources of energy while others lag behind. By analyzing…
Even Though it Might Already be Too Late to Meet the UN’s Genetic Diversity Target, New Research may Help to Direct Conservation Efforts
According to recent research conducted by Moises Exposito-Alonso of Carnegie and published in Science, climate change and habitat destruction may have already contributed to the…
Fewer Trout Were Not Affected by Warmer Stream Temperatures in a Burned-Over Watershed in Oregon
One year after a fire destroyed nearly the entire watershed in southern Oregon, including riparian zone trees that had helped maintain ideal stream temperatures for…
Why is the Salton Sea becoming Contaminated with Toxic Dust?
In the last 25 years, the Salton Sea, California’s most polluted inland lake, has lost one-third of its water. According to new research, the reason…
Redlining and Environmental Injustice are Rooted in Urban Trees
A team led by the University of Maryland discovered that trees in Baltimore reflect both the city’s history of institutionalized racism and more recent efforts…
Ecologists Rare Chance to Study How Tropical Dry Forests Recover after Hurricane Maria
According to a year-long field study presented today at the British Ecological Society’s annual conference, trees appear to modify crucial aspects of their freshly developed…
Finding Research Priorities for Arctic and North Atlantic Security and Safety Threats
For the Arctic and North Atlantic (ANA) region, a new strategy has been created for identifying and prioritizing research efforts pertaining to marine safety and…
Once Granted Personhood, Spanish Lagoon Can Now Bring Legal Action Against Polluters
The Senate in Madrid has granted the Mar Menor lagoon on Spain’s southeast coast personhood status, allowing for legal action on behalf of the endangered…
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