Top Emerging Impacts on Ocean Biodiversity Over the Next Decade, According to Experts
There are fifteen issues that scientists warn we need to solve right away, including the mining of lithium from the deep sea, overfishing of species…
Environment
The Poor Suffer Disproportionately from Wildfires
The 2022 wildfire season is off to a ferocious start, with fires raging from California to Alaska. It’s a foreshadowing of what promises to be…
Researchers Find ‘Future-Proof’ Way to Remove Phosphorus from Wastewater Using Bacteria
Scientists from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University of Singapore’s Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) have created…
Environmental Injustice is Key to Understanding Climate Change Debate, According to New Study
A recent study from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami (UM) discovered that Miami’s history of environmental…
Cloud Research Clarifies the Effects of Aerosols
According to new research, aerosol particles in the atmosphere have a greater impact on cloud cover but less impact on cloud brightness than previously thought.…
Purchasing a Carbon-neutral Home
Most of us want to do something to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, which are the primary cause of climate change, but don’t know where…
50-Year Whisky War Ends With First Land Border between Canada and Europe
The world’s kindest (or passive-aggressive) conflict has come to an end. After 50 years of claiming ownership over Hans Island, which is located in the…
More of Central Asia is being Engulfed by Desert Climate
According to a recent study led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, rising annual temperatures and decreasing annual precipitation across Central Asia’s mid-latitudes have extended its…
Climate Change may make it difficult for Seabirds to Catch Fish
According to a new study, seabirds are finding it more difficult to catch fish because their underwater visibility is being hampered by increasingly cloudy water,…
Do Fish Suffer Oxygen Deficit?
Fish are subjected to large oxygen fluctuations in their aquatic environment due to the inherent properties of water, which can result in significant spatial and…
Wildfire Smoke from the West can affect the Arctic Sea Ice
According to new research published in Science Advances, sea ice and wildfires may be more interconnected than previously thought. Researchers from the University of Colorado…
Sixth-Century Arabian Drought Contributed To Islam’s Rapid Rise
Islam expanded considerably more quickly than other great religions after its founding. According to a recent study, severe droughts in the country where it was…
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