Environmental Issues News
May 2, 2024
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Apr. 30, 2024 The link between massive flood basalt volcanism and the end-Triassic (201 million years ago) mass-extinction is commonly accepted. However, exactly how volcanism led to the collapse of ecosystems and the extinction of entire families of organisms is ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Scientists have applied a data-driven approach to understanding firefly population dynamics on a continental scale. Key findings from this new study indicate that fireflies, part of the beetle order, are sensitive to various environmental factors, ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Oil is an important natural resource for many industries, but it can lead to serious environmental damage when accidentally spilled. While large oil spills are highly publicized, every year there are ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 Common household products containing nanoparticles -- grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye -- could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Dust can have a huge impact on local air quality, food security, energy supply and public health. Previous studies have found that dust levels are decreasing across India, particularly northern ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers found that forests with higher trait diversity not only adapt better to climate change but may also thrive. The study unveiled how tree functional trait diversity plays a pivotal role in ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Companies' emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective ...
Apr. 24, 2024 A groundbreaking study combined novel experimental data within an innovative modeling framework to examine how temperature might affect transmission ...
Apr. 23, 2024 When we think of evolution, we think of a process that happens over hundreds or thousands of years. In research recently published, a species of frog that has evolved over the course of merely 25 ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Hydrologists predict human-induced underground fluid fluxes to rise with climate change mitigation strategies like carbon ...
Apr. 24, 2024 As wildfires in Siberia become more common, global climate modeling estimates significant impacts on climate, air quality, health, and economies in East Asia and across the northern ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Powerful monsoon winds, strengthened by a warming climate, are lofting unexpectedly large quantities of ozone-depleting substances high into the atmosphere over East Asia, according to new research. ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Researchers use laser treatments to transform ordinary cork into a powerful tool for treating oil spills. They tested variations of a fast-pulsing laser treatment, closely examining the nanoscopic ...
Apr. 23, 2024 A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian ...
Apr. 23, 2024 A new study has revealed breeding less-flatulent cows and restoring agricultural land could significantly reduce rising methane emission levels, which play a considerable role in climate ...
Apr. 19, 2024 Climate change will increase the future value of residential rooftop solar panels across the United States by up to 19% by the end of the century, according to a new ...
Apr. 19, 2024 Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened. Two decades of continual ...
Apr. 20, 2024 Anticipating changes to ecosystems is often at best an educated guess, but what if there was a way to better tune into possible changes occurring? Researchers have discovered that the silent growth ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The first health impact study of coal train pollution centers on the San Francisco Bay Area, with scientists finding communities near passing coal trains suffer worse health ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade later, its long-term ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Animal and plant populations have been extensively studied, which has helped to understand ecosystem processes and evolutionary adaptations. However, this has not been the case with microbial ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The EU wants to ensure greater sustainability in agricultural trade with the Global South -- with the aim of minimizing the environmental and climate-damaging effects of importing crops such as soya, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers investigated global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace ...
Apr. 17, 2024 A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on the relationship between CO2 and global ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
Apr. 17, 2024 The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform tundras from carbon ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce the global economic costs of climate change by two thirds. If warming continues to 3 degrees Celsius, global ...
Apr. 17, 2024 A growing body of research shows that exposure to air pollution, especially during pregnancy and childhood, may have a negative impact on brain development. Now a study has found that exposure to ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall -- how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions? This long-debated question has now been answered by microbiologists. ...
Apr. 17, 2024 During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Warming Climate Is Putting More Metals Into Colorado's Mountain Streams
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
- No Bull: How Creating Less-Gassy Cows Could Help Fight Climate Change
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Climate Change Will Increase Value of Residential Rooftop Solar Panels Across US, Study Shows
- Warming of Antarctic Deep-Sea Waters Contribute to Sea Level Rise in North Atlantic, Study Finds
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
- Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
- More Sustainability in Global Agricultural Trade
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Global Study Reveals Health Impacts of Airborne Trace Elements
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- 38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change
- Understanding Climate Warming Impacts on Carbon Release from the Tundra
- Substantial Global Cost of Climate Inaction
- Exposure to Air Pollution During the First Two Years of Life Is Associated With Worse Attention Capacity in Children
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
- Paradox of Extreme Cold Events in a Warming World
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Scientists Develop Framework to Measure Plastic Emissions and Bolster U.N. Efforts to Reduce Pollution
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Study Reveals How Humanity Could Unite to Address Global Challenges
- Fires Pose Growing Worldwide Threat to Wildland-Urban Interface
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
- Yellowstone Lake Ice Cover Unchanged Despite Warming Climate
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Oxidant Pollutant Ozone Removes Mating Barriers Between Fly Species
- Ocean Currents Threaten to Collapse Antarctic Ice Shelves
- Cloud Engineering Could Be More Effective 'painkiller' For Global Warming Than Previously Thought
- Method to Extract Useful Proteins from Beer-Brewing Leftovers
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Novel UV Broadband Spectrometer Revolutionizes Air Pollutant Analysis
- Microplastic 'hotspots' Identified in Long Island Sound
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
- New Approach Needed to Save Australia's Non-Perennial Rivers
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- A Microbial Plastic Factory for High-Quality Green Plastic
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Atmospheric and Economic Drivers of Global Air Pollution
- How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
- Deep Parts of Great Barrier Reef 'insulated' From Global Warming -- For Now
- PFAS 'forever Chemicals' Above Drinking Water Guidelines in Global Source Water
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
- Boreal Forest and Tundra Regions Worst Hit Over Next 500 Years of Climate Change, Study Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Ocean Floor a 'reservoir' Of Plastic Pollution
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- Fans Are Not a Magic Bullet for Beating the Heat!
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- 'Tug of War' Tactic Enhances Chemical Separations for Critical Materials
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- California Leads U.S. Emissions of Little-Known Greenhouse Gas
- Are Universities Connected to Local Sustainability? A New Study Suggests Yes...and No.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- A New Estimate of U.S. Soil Organic Carbon to Improve Earth System Models
- Scientists' Urgent Call: End Destruction and Forge a Just, Sustainable Future
- Companies Ignoring Climate Risks Get Punished by Markets, New Study Reveals
Monday, April 1, 2024
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Manganese Plays a Surprising Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration
- New Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Quality Can Identify Sources of Pollution, and Predict Their Effects
- Going 'back to the Future' To Forecast the Fate of a Dead Florida Coral Reef
- Open Waste Burning Linked to Air Pollution in Northwestern Greenland
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Food Matters: Healthy Diets Increase the Economic and Physical Feasibility of 1.5°C
- Scientists Warn: The Grey Seal Hunt Is Too Large
- Heat, Cold Extremes Hold Untapped Potential for Solar and Wind Energy
- Evolution of the Most Powerful Ocean Current on Earth
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Curbside Collection Improves Organic Waste Composting, Reduces Methane Emissions
- New Maps Help Decision-Makers Factor Albedo Into Tree-Planting Decisions
- Climate Change Will See Australia's Soil Emit CO2 and Add to Global Warming
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Global Study of Coastal Seas as Carbon Dioxide Reservoirs
- Cool Paint Coatings Help Pedestrians Feel Up to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Cooler in Urban Setting
- Unintended Consequences of Fire Suppression
- Droughts in Europe Could Be Avoided With Faster Emissions Cuts
- Major Environmental Benefits Recycling Gold With Biodiesel
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Deep Earth Electrical Grid Mystery Solved
- The Heat Index -- How Hot It Really Feels -- Is Rising Faster Than Temperature
- Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
- Researchers Investigate How Freshwater Diatoms Stay in the Light
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Climate Change Alters the Hidden Microbial Food Web in Peatlands
- A Wetter World Recorded in Australian Coral Colony
- Self-Heating Concrete Is One Step Closer to Putting Snow Shovels and Salt out of Business
- Sustainable Plastics from Agricultural Waste
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Oregon State Researchers Take Deep Dive Into How Much Water Is Stored in Snow
- The Atlas of Unburnable Oil in the World
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Information Overload Is a Personal and Societal Danger
- Researchers Can Reveal Illegal Timber Exports