Impact of Atlantic Air on India’s Food and Water Supplies Winter rain and snow in the western Himalayas could vary by nearly 50% due to North Atlantic atmospheric conditions. The amount of winter rain and…
Plastic Pollution Research is Expanding Inland The millions of tons of plastic floating around the world’s oceans have recently received a lot of media attention. However, plastic pollution may pose a…
Millions are at Risk Because Coral Reefs are 50% Less Capable of Supplying Food, Jobs, and Climate Protection than they were in the 1950s According to a recent study performed by the University of British Columbia, the ability of coral reefs to offer ecosystem services depended upon by millions…
Why do Corals Glow Even Deep in the Sea? According to a new Tel Aviv University study conducted in collaboration with the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences…
‘Win-win’ Solutions for Human Health and Ecosystem Conservation The study examines academic literature to identify 46 interventions that would benefit both humans and the environment. A comprehensive review of academic papers and reports…
A New Model Sheds Light on Global Ocean’s Day-night Cycle For the first time, scientists have incorporated the diel cycle into a global ocean model to investigate its effects on phytoplankton. Their research looks into…
Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest Change North American Air Pollution Patterns According to recent research, wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are getting bigger and more intense, which is changing the seasonal rhythm of air pollution and…
Climate Change is Causing Coastal Glacier Retreat Coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever before. New research enables scientists to investigate the causes of glacial retreat and, as a result, determine how…
Higher Environmental Benefits Can Be Attained in Areas with Less Willing Homeowners to Pay According to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of colleagues led by a University of Maryland environmental economist, stream restoration filters pollutants out of…
Various Ways in which Nature Promotes Human Well-being Researchers were able to identify how these nonmaterial contributions from nature are linked to and significantly affect human well-being after conducting a systematic review of…
New Bacteria Found in the Deep Sea That Cling to Plastic and Travel the Ocean, According to Research Researchers from Newcastle University have discovered novel strains of bacteria that cling to plastic in the deep sea and may even be able to “hitchhike”…
Study Shows that as Life Evolved, the Earth became more Hostile Scientists have been doing amazing work in peering back billions of years to figure out what ancient Earth would have looked like, and a new…