IPCC Report the World Has Less Than 32 Months to Turn Tide of Fossil Fuel Addiction
According to the newest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III (WGIII) report issued today, the world has less than three years to…
Environment
Maps Show Locations of Worryingly High Uranium Levels in US Water Supply
According to new research published in The Lancet Planetary Health, worrying amounts of uranium and other hazardous elements can be identified in drinking water across…
Flash Droughts Are Becoming More Severe, Posing New Climate Threat
Even those who have been spared from flash floods are becoming accustomed to hearing about it, but the idea of a “flash drought” is less…
What’s Better For the Environment, a Fan or Air Con?
Keeping cool in hot weather is difficult at best, and considerably more so when attempting to do it in a sustainable manner. Scientists have identified…
How 2 Million Years of Shifting Climates Shaped Humanity’s Evolution
According to a recent research, fluctuating climates impacted mankind before people changed the environment. Although the outcome is as expected, providing the proof required an…
Exceptional 2020 Hurricane Season Had 10 Percent More Rainfall Due To Climate Change
Humans are to blame for the escalating climate problem, and its consequences have been felt for some time. It’s not always possible to quantify how…
Buckle Up For Yet another Wild Atlantic Hurricane Season This Year
People, be ready for a robust hurricane season in the North Atlantic in 2022. According to a recent estimate from Colorado State University, this year…
Tropical Birds may be Shrinking due to Climate Change
Researchers have spent decades catching and measuring birds in a wide stretch of forest unaffected by roads or deforestation in a remote section of Brazil’s…
In Adverse Environments, a Seashell-inspired Shield Protects Materials
An ecological protective coating is made of alternating layers of sugar and silica, which is stronger but less expensive than possibly harmful beryllium shielding. The…
Probiotics Assist Lab Corals in Surviving Lethal Heat Stress
When corals are disturbed by changes in factors such as temperature, light, or nutrition, they eject the symbiotic algae dwelling in their tissues, causing them…
Global Heating Means Faster Ocean Currents, 66 Million Years of Data Suggests
Massive currents transport water and heat between ocean basins kilometers beneath the ocean’s surface. Scientists have thrown light on one of the key unanswered climate…
Plastic Waste Accumulates in Massive, Lethal Masses in Camel Stomachs
With so many camels chomping on plastic, it’s worth considering why they’d be drawn to it in the first place. It’s difficult for a camel…
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