Earth & Climate News
March 16, 2025
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Mar. 13, 2025 — The 2025 U. S. State of the Birds Report, produced by a coalition of leading science and conservation organizations, reveals continued widespread declines in American bird populations across all mainland and marine habitats, with 229 species ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Researchers were shocked to see that bacteria's antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic particles and point to a potential outsized impact on ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish, where nitrogen can be limited. They call this ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — A sweeping study for the first time tallies butterfly data from more than 76,000 surveys across the continental United States. The results: Butterflies -- all of them -- are ...
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Mar. 14, 2025 — New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions ...
Mar. 14, 2025 — Hydrology experts are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already ...
Mar. 14, 2025 — With artificial photosynthesis, humankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. A new finding underscores the importance of ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Industrial waste gases, long seen as a major contributor to climate change, could soon be captured and repurposed into everyday household products ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change, new research ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Neuroscientists have shown that experiencing nature can alleviate acute physical pain. Surprisingly, simply watching nature videos was enough to ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — A groundbreaking study has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams -- obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant barrier to their ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009--2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum into the tropical Atlantic, confirming vertical mixing, not rivers, as the ...
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Mar. 14, 2025 — A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — When major storms hit Houston last spring and summer, losing power was a nightmare for residents, but for many, the financial fallout was just as devastating. A new report finds that more than half ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Many people dream of retiring to a warmer, less expensive country. But retirees who move abroad may be at greater risk of loneliness than those who stay in their home country, according to new ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — A recent study has reclassified the species commonly known as the Javan rhinoceros, proposing a more precise scientific name: Eurhinoceros sondaicus. The research highlights key differences in body ...
Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed
Mar. 12, 2025 — Scientists have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge -- a by-product of wastewater treatment -- into green hydrogen for clean energy and single-cell protein for ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — A new study investigated the mortality and mental health correlates of the iconic Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — New Delhi's air pollution is more severe than previously estimated with particles absorbing atmospheric water vapor leading to particulate matter levels across the city being underestimated by ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Experiencing five or more severe sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 increases the risk of melanoma by 80% and nonmelanoma skin cancer by 68%. This study is among the few to examine the ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Physicists have created a new computer code that could speed up the design of the complicated magnets that shape the plasma in stellarators, making the systems simpler and more affordable to ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Researchers gathered emissions data from hundreds of US cities that either conducted a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, or reported they employed sustainability staff. The cities that conducted an ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to recent research. Ecologists agree that habitat loss and the fragmentation of forests reduces ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Seismologists describe potential damage forecasts from ground shaking scenarios for moderate earthquakes in three regions of the Mexico City ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now these bits of plastic -- from 1 to 62 micrometers long -- have been found in the filtered solutions used for ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Where there's water, there are waves. But what if you could bend water waves to your will to move floating objects? Scientists have now developed a technique to merge waves in a water tank to ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Cloudy areas over oceans are reflecting less sunlight to space than ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Cost, technical performance and environmental impact -- these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — On decadal timescales, the loss of Arctic ice favors the climate of the south-west of the United States -- and California in particular -- becoming drier on average, especially in winter. This ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study has investigated one aspect of how the future environmental conditions created by the changing global climate might affect earliest development within Christmas Island's red crab ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — A new strategy for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries is based on a hydrometallurgical process in neutral solution. This allows for the extraction of lithium and other valuable metals in an ...
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- As Next Hurricane Season Nears, Study Explores Impacts of 2024's Storms
- Retiring Abroad Puts Older Adults at Risk for Loneliness
- New Name for One of the World's Rarest Rhinoceroses
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed
- 'Doomsday Clock' And Patterns of Mortality and Mental Health in the United States
- Delhi Air Pollution Worse Than Expected as Water Vapor Skews Figures
- Blind to the Burn: Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk in the US
- New Computer Code Could Lead to Simpler, Less Costly Stellarators for Fusion Power
- Cities That Conducted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories Moved Needle Toward Reduction
- Want to Preserve Biodiversity? Go Big
- How Climate Change Affects Rain and Floods
- Researchers Forecast Shaking Damage from Crustal Earthquake Scenarios in Mexico City
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Medical Infusion Bags Can Release Microplastics
- Technique to Manipulate Water Waves to Precisely Control Floating Objects
- Earth's 'dirty Mirror' Effect Is Accelerating Climate Change
- Cheap and Environmentally Friendly -- The Next Generation LEDs May Soon Be Here
- Arctic Sea Ice Loss Drives Drier Weather Over California and Wetter Over Spain and Portugal
- Study Explores Effects of Climatic Changes on Christmas Island's Iconic Red Crabs
- Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries
- A 62-Million-Year-Old Skeleton Sheds Light on an Enigmatic Mammal
- Water Movement on Surfaces Makes More Electric Charge Than Expected
- Researchers Unveil Comprehensive Zeolite Structures, Advancing Development of Catalysts for Petrochemical and Renewable Energy
- Acoustic Monitoring Network for Birds Enhances Forest Management
- Self-Optimizing Catalysts Facilitate Water-Splitting for the Green Production of Hydrogen
- 'Fishial' Recognition: Neural Network Identifies Coral Reef Sounds
- Boreal Forest: Taking Taiga's Temperature
- Plastic Recycling Gets a Breath of Fresh Air
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Clothes Dryers and the Bottom Line: Switching to Air Drying Can Save Hundreds
- Death by Feral Cat: DNA Shows Cats to Be Culprits in Killing of Native Animals
- Genetic Mutations Linked to Toxin Exposure Found in Firefighters' Brain Tumors
- Common Approaches for Assessing Business Impact on Biodiversity Are Powerful, but Often Insufficient for Strategy Design
- Evolution of Plant Network: 600 Million Years of Stress
- Are Volcanoes Behind the Oxygen We Breathe?
- Climate Change Will Reduce the Number of Satellites That Can Safely Orbit in Space
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Earth's Orbital Rhythms Link Timing of Giant Eruptions and Climate Change
- Developing the Inherent Functionality of Highly Pure Porous Organic Polymers
- The Unforseen Effects of Melting Glaciers on Arctic Coastal Ecosystems
- Uncovering Dementia's Environmental Triggers
- Nearly Half of Popular Tropical Plant Group Related to Birds-of-Paradise and Bananas Are Threatened With Extinction
- Scientists Develop Advanced Forest Monitoring Systems: Will Forests Monitor Themselves in the Future?
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Study Warns of Deadly Future Marine Heat Waves in East Coast Estuaries
- Scientists Identify Genes That Make Humans and Labradors More Likely to Become Obese
- Tropical Forests in the Americas Are Struggling to Keep Pace With Climate Change
- Researchers Reveal Nitrogen's Dominant Role in Global Organic Aerosol Absorption
- AI Has 'great Potential' For Detecting Wildfires, New Study of the Amazon Rainforest Suggests
- Climate Change Threatens Future of Banana Export Industry
- World's Oldest Impact Crater Found, Rewriting Earth's Ancient History
- Adaptability of Some Coral Reef Fish to Rising Temperatures
- Urban Highways Cut Opportunities for Social Relationships
- Plants Struggled for Millions of Years After the World's Worst Climate Catastrophe
- Tracking Polar Bears During Their Most Secretive Stage of Life
- Highly Radioactive Nuclear Waste: How to Keep It from Oblivion
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Flooding Expected Sooner in Hawai'i's Sinking Coastal Areas
- The Yucca and the Moth: How Extreme Weather Impacts the Timing of Biological Events
- Seismic Study of Singapore Could Guide Urban Construction and Renewable Energy Development
- Packets of Freeze-Dried Bacteria Grow Biocement on Demand
- Caribou Migration Patterns Are Shrinking
- Researchers Quantify the Way Rivers Bend, Opening Up the Possibility for Identifying Origins of Channels on Other Planets
- Aluminum: A New Hero of Hydrogen Production
- A Sustainable Iron Catalyst for Water Oxidation in Renewable Energy
- Concrete Evidence: Japanese Buildings Absorb 14% of Cement Production's Carbon Footprint
- Footprints of Deep-Sea Mining
- New Discovery Could 'revolutionize Carbon Fiber Industry'
- Putting Vegetarian Options Higher Up on Hotel Menus Could Reduce Carbon Emissions
- How Agave Plants Survive Extreme Droughts
- The Ozone Hole Is Healing, Thanks to Global Reduction of CFCs
- The Pot Is Already Boiling for 2% of the World's Amphibians
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Study Reveals How Rising Temperatures Could Lead to Population Crashes
- Genetic Mixing: The Secret to Killer Whale Resilience and Adaptability
- Iron Oxides Act as Natural Catalysts to Unlock Phosphorus to Fuel Plant Growth
- New Computer Vision System Can Guide Specialty Crops Monitoring
- Breakthrough With Biofuel: How Alcohol Damages Microbes That Produce It
- Giant Clone of Seaweed in the Baltic Sea
- AI Tool Can Predict Water Quality Across the U.S.
- World's Critical Food Crops at Imminent Risk from Rising Temperatures
- Breakthrough in Clean Energy: Palladium Nanosheets Pave Way for Affordable Hydrogen
- 1,400 Species Found in Guts of Asian Hornets
- Heat from the Sun Affects Seismic Activity on Earth
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Who Gets the Lion's Share? Ecologists Highlight Disparities in Global Biodiversity Conservation Funding
- Sea Otters Help Kelp Forests Recover -- But How Fast Depends on Where They Are
- Ideal Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates in Corn Belt Have Been Climbing for Decades
- Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current
- Engineers Create More Effective Burner to Reduce Methane Emissions
- How London's Ultra Low Emission Zone Is Changing the School Run
- Caribou Case Study Offers a New Model to Manage Species at Risk
- Researchers Develop Enhanced Method for Wastewater Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Eco Friendly, Inexpensive System for Storing High-Power Energy from Pine Biomass
- Studying the Evolutionary History of Continent-Sized Regions in the Deep Mantle
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- How Air Pollution and Wildfire Smoke May Contribute to Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
- Birds Breathe in Dangerous Plastics -- And So Do We
- Midwestern Field Trials Suggest Overuse of Rootworm-Resistant Corn Reduces Farmers' Profits
- Discovery of a Common 'weapon' Used by Disease-Causing Fungi Could Help Engineer More Resilient Food Crops
- Pioneering Work Generates Feline Embryonic Stem Cells in Boon for Cats
- Koalas' Catch-22
- Scientists Crack the Code to Longer-Lasting Perovskite Solar Technology
- Turning Waste Organic Compound Into Useful Pharmaceuticals and Energy Using a Technique Inspired by Photosynthesis
- Climate Change Increases the Risk of Tree Mortality in Urban Boreal Forests
- Genetic Switch Could Help Control Leaf Growth in Poor Soils
- Conservation Focusing on Birds of a Feather May Have Mixed Results