Environmental Science News
May 4, 2024
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May 3, 2024 — Anthropologists suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural disasters can mitigate the devastation wrought by climate ...
May 3, 2024 — A new study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gas and propane stoves increase people's exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma. Even in bedrooms far from kitchens, concentrations frequently exceed health ...
May 3, 2024 — A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and threaten ...
May 3, 2024 — Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf ...
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May 2, 2024 — The use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle, according to a proof-of-concept ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing for the elimination of difficult working conditions for humans and the potential to ...
May 2, 2024 — Climate change and human activities like deforestation are causing more fires in central and west Africa's wet, tropical forests, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey there. The fires ...
May 3, 2024 — New research suggests that countries' current plans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with the 1.5 C warming limit set out under the Paris ...
May 3, 2024 — Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has ...
May 2, 2024 — The alarming rates of biodiversity loss worldwide have made clear that the classical way of governing biodiversity recovery based on protected areas ...
May 2, 2024 — On an October morning in 2023, a chemical explosion detonated in a tunnel under the Nevada desert was the launch of the next set of experiments by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with ...
May 2, 2024 — The global demand for palm oil -- the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick -- is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many ...
May 2, 2024 — Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. ...
May 2, 2024 — New catalyst is made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and table sugar. Catalyst converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide, a building block for producing a variety of useful chemicals ...
Earlier Headlines
May 2, 2024 — Scientists have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding ...
May 2, 2024 — Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study ...
May 1, 2024 — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states, according to a new study. The researchers combined 2019 satellite ...
May 1, 2024 — Reaching net-zero carbon emissions goals requires finding transformative paths to manage carbon in difficult-to-electrify economic ...
May 1, 2024 — With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, new research has modeled what happens when people ...
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. 30, 2024 — Carbon emissions associated with air travel to professional conferences make up a sizable fraction of the emissions produced by researchers in ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Evapotranspiration (ET) includes evaporation from soil and open water pools such as lakes, rivers, and ponds, as well as transpiration from plant leaves. The difference between precipitation and ET ...
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 ...
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. 30, 2024 — A new study that looked at nearly 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel for essentially every country on the planet. At 911 million tons, the total ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry's environmental footprint. Researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater -- or produced water -- is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report. The major waste stream has proved both ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically engineer a type of test plant to more efficiently produce different kinds of seed oil that it otherwise ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in understanding how genetic drivers influence the evolution of a specific photosynthesis mechanism in Tillandsia (air plants). This sheds light on the ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Electric bicycle rebates have exploded in popularity in North America as transportation planners try to get people out of their cars and into healthier, more climate-friendly alternatives. However, ...
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, ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists have now investigated which ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Using aerial imagery data and LiDAR, a study remotely identified the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida's Estero Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Researchers estimated the extent of ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water ...
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- Artificial Intelligence Enhances Monitoring of Threatened Marbled Murrelet
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- EPA Underestimates Methane Emissions from Landfills, Urban Areas
- Roadmap to Close the Carbon Cycle
- Every Breath You Take: Study Models the Journey of Inhaled Plastic Particle Pollution
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Activity in a Room Stirs Up Nanoparticles Left Over from Consumer Sprays
- Astronomers Share Climate-Friendly Meeting Solutions
- Researchers Develop an AI Model to Reduce Uncertainty in Evapotranspiration Prediction
- Climate Change and Mercury Pollution Stressed Plants for Millions of Years
- Methane Emissions from Landfill Could Be Turned Into Sustainable Jet Fuel in Plasma Chemistry Leap
- Big Data Reveals True Climate Impact of Worldwide Air Travel
- Biodegradable 'living Plastic' Houses Bacterial Spores That Help It Break Down
- A Virus Could Help Save Billions of Gallons of Wastewater Produced by Fracking
- Discovery of Mechanism Plants Use to Change Seed Oil Could Impact Industrial, Food Oils
- Unlocking the Genetic Mysteries Behind Plant Adaptation: New Insights Into the Evolution of a Water-Saving Trait in the Pineapple Family (Bromeliaceae)
- E-Bike Incentives Prove to Be Worth the Investment
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Fading Lights: Multiple Threats to North America's Firefly Populations
- How Can Forests Be Reforested in a Climate-Friendly Way?
- Details of Hurricane Ian's Aftermath Captured With New Remote Sensing Method
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Energy Trades Could Help Resolve Nile Conflict
- How Geography Acts as a Structural Determinant of Health
- Scientists Capture X-Rays from Upward Positive Lightning
- Recovering Phosphorus from Sewage Sludge Ash
- Anthropologist Documents How Women and Shepherds Historically Reduced Wildfire Risk in Central Italy
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- New Offshore Wind Turbines Can Take Away Energy from Existing Ones
- Estimating Emissions Potential of Decommissioned Gas Wells from Shale Samples
- The Longer Spilled Oil Lingers in Freshwater, the More Persistent Compounds It Produces
- Warming Arctic Reduces Dust Levels in Parts of the Planet
- Scientists Replace Fishmeal in Aquaculture With Microbial Protein Derived from Soybean Processing Wastewater
- Key to Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
- Deer Are Expanding North, and That's Not Good for Caribou
- How Do Birds Flock? Researchers Do the Math to Reveal Previously Unknown Aerodynamic Phenomenon
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Human Activities Have an Intense Impact on Earth's Deep Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Engineer Plants to Fight Climate Change
- How Light Can Vaporize Water Without the Need for Heat
- Positive Perceptions of Solar Projects
- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- Nanofibers Rid Water of Hazardous Dyes
- Securing Competitiveness of Energy-Intensive Industries Through Relocation: The Pulling Power of Renewables
- This Salt Battery Harvests Osmotic Energy Where the River Meets the Sea
- Modeling Broader Effects of Wildfires in Siberia
- Researchers Find Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth's Magnetic Field
- Shoreline Model Predicts Long-Term Future of Storm Protection and Sea-Level Rise
- High-Resolution Lidar Sees Birth Zone of Cloud Droplets
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Frog Species Evolved Rapidly in Response to Road Salts
- Critical Minerals Recovery from Electronic Waste
- Asian Monsoon Lofts Ozone-Depleting Substances to Stratosphere
- Warming Climate Is Putting More Metals Into Colorado's Mountain Streams
- Marginalized Communities Developed 'disaster Subculture' When Living Through Extreme Climate Events
- 'Sunny Day Flooding' Increases Fecal Contamination of Coastal Waters
- Toward Unification of Turbulence Framework -- Weak-to-Strong Transition Discovered in Turbulence
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
Monday, April 22, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
- 'Itinerant Breeding' In East Coast Shorebird Species
- Lemur's Lament: When One Vulnerable Species Stalks Another
- Weather Prediction Models Can Also Forecast Satellite Displacements
- Climate Change Will Increase Value of Residential Rooftop Solar Panels Across US, Study Shows
- Energy Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Gold's Glow
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities
- One Third of China's Urban Population at Risk of City Sinking, New Satellite Data Shows
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
- Data-Driven Music: Converting Climate Measurements Into Music
- RNA's Hidden Potential: New Study Unveils Its Role in Early Life and Future Bioengineering
- More Sustainability in Global Agricultural Trade
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than Previously Thought
- Global Study Reveals Health Impacts of Airborne Trace Elements
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- 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
- 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
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- 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
- Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Fires Pose Growing Worldwide Threat to Wildland-Urban Interface
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
- Yellowstone Lake Ice Cover Unchanged Despite Warming Climate
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
- Most Countries Struggle to Meet Climate Pledges from 2009
- Researchers Can Help Shipowners Achieve Ambitious Climate Targets
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- Hidden Threat: Global Underground Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise
- Microplastics Make Their Way from the Gut to Other Organs
- GeoAI Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
- Tropical Forests Can't Recover Naturally Without Fruit-Eating Birds
- Pyrite, Also Known as Fool's Gold, May Contain Valuable Lithium, a Key Element for Green Energy
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Researchers Study Effects of Solvation and Ion Valency on Metallopolymers
- Retention Ponds Can Deliver a Substantial Reduction in Tire Particle Pollution
- PFAS Exposure from High Seafood Diets May Be Underestimated
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Rock Permeability, Microquakes Link May Be a Boon for Geothermal Energy
- Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future
- Tropical Coral-Infecting Parasites Discovered in Cold Marine Ecosystems
- Oxidant Pollutant Ozone Removes Mating Barriers Between Fly Species
- Cloud Engineering Could Be More Effective 'painkiller' For Global Warming Than Previously Thought