Acid Rain News
August 25, 2025
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Aug. 21, 2025 — Industrial forests, packed with evenly spaced trees, face nearly 50% higher odds of megafires than public lands. A lidar-powered study of California’s Sierra Nevada reveals how dense plantations feed fire severity, but also shows that proactive ...
Aug. 21, 2025 — Planting more trees can help cool the planet and reduce fire risk—but where they are planted matters. According to UC Riverside researchers, tropical regions provide the most powerful climate benefits because trees there grow year-round, absorb ...
Aug. 17, 2025 — Rising CO₂ levels will make the upper atmosphere colder and thinner, altering how geomagnetic storms impact satellites. Future storms could cause sharper density spikes despite lower overall density, increasing drag-related ...
Aug. 9, 2025 — Over 300 million years ago, Illinois teemed with life in tropical swamps and seas, now preserved at the famous Mazon Creek fossil site. Researchers from the University of Missouri and geologist ...
July 27, 2025 — Air pollution isn't just bad for your lungs—it may be eroding your brain. In a sweeping review covering nearly 30 million people, researchers found that common pollutants like PM2.5, nitrogen ...
July 16, 2025 — An ancient glacier high in the French Alps has revealed the oldest known ice in Western Europe—dating back over 12,000 years to the last Ice Age. This frozen archive, meticulously analyzed by ...
July 6, 2025 — Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still yield fruit—hinting at a delicious new weapon in ...
July 4, 2025 — Forests aren’t keeping up with today’s climate chaos. While temperatures soar within decades, tree populations take 100 to 200 years to shift in response. A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag—and ...
July 3, 2025 — Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising culprit: ordinary thunderstorms. These quick, fierce storms, powered by climate change, are toppling trees with intense ...
July 3, 2025 — Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs ...
June 27, 2025 — At current emission rates, we re just over three years away from blowing through the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5 C. This new international study paints a stark picture: the pace of climate change is accelerating, seas are rising ...
June 27, 2025 — At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...
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July 26, 2025 — What would happen if a nuclear war triggered a climate-altering catastrophe? Researchers have modeled how such a scenario could devastate global corn ...
June 21, 2025 — Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes over three feet down tapping into hidden nutrient stores and potentially ...
June 15, 2025 — Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study ...
June 14, 2025 — A pioneering study reveals how archaeologists' satellite tools can be repurposed to tackle climate change. By using AI and satellite LiDAR imagery ...
June 3, 2025 — A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in ...
June 3, 2025 — In the heart of Dublin, scientists have discovered that the air holds more than melodies and Guinness-infused cheer it carries invisible traces of life, from wildlife to drugs and even human ...
June 2, 2025 — Some microbes living on sand grains use up all the oxygen around them. Their neighbors, left without oxygen, make the best of it: They use nitrate in the surrounding water for denitrification -- a ...
June 2, 2025 — California Central Valley, which is known for the agriculture that produces much of the nation's fruits, vegetables and nuts, is a major contributor to a growing dust problem that has profound ...
May 30, 2025 — Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. While ...
May 30, 2025 — Researchers determined how much outdoor particulate pollution affects indoor air quality. Their study concluded pollution from inversion and dust ...
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May 29, 2025 — A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...
May 29, 2025 — As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, 'green hydrogen' - hydrogen produced without emitting carbon - has emerged as a leading candidate for clean power. Scientists have now ...
May 29, 2025 — Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total ...
May 29, 2025 — In a major advancement for sustainable construction, scientists have created a cement-free soil solidifier from industrial waste. By combining Siding Cut Powder and activated by Earth Silica, an ...
May 29, 2025 — Forest-based agroforestry can restore forests, promote livelihoods, and combat climate change, but emerging agroforestry initiatives focusing only on tree planting is leading to missed opportunities ...
May 28, 2025 — Many bat species native to Germany, such as the Leisler's bat, are forest specialists. However, as it is becoming increasingly hard for them to find tree hollows in forest plantations, so they ...
May 27, 2025 — With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As ...
May 27, 2025 — Most people have witnessed -- or rather smelled -- when a protein enzyme called sulfite reductase works its magic. This enzyme catalyzes the chemical reduction of sulfite to hydrogen sulfide. ...
May 22, 2025 — A modeling study shows that global warming will make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting greenhouse gas ...
May 21, 2025 — Songbirds who make the arduous flight from their nesting sites in northern boreal forests to warm, southern climates in the winter may be rewarded for their journey with greater genetic ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers look to extremes in the past to study how the system reacts to imbalances. They detail an overlooked mechanism for how the ocean can help stabilize massive releases of carbon into the ...
May 21, 2025 — A study has found that implementing robust air pollution control measures could mean Southeast Asian countries prevent as many as 36,000 ozone-related premature deaths each year by ...
May 20, 2025 — New research could improve the efficiency of electrochemical carbon-dioxide capture and release by six times and cut costs by at least 20 percent. Researchers added nanoscale filtering membranes to a ...
May 20, 2025 — Forests play a crucial role in promoting health and wellbeing, but not all forests provide the same benefits. A large-scale study demonstrates how specific forest characteristics -- such as canopy ...
May 19, 2025 — People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil ...
May 19, 2025 — Fertilizer might be stronger than we thought. A new international study found that fertilizer can help plants survive short-term periods of extreme drought, findings which could have implications for ...
May 15, 2025 — When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different ...
May 14, 2025 — Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields ...
May 14, 2025 — The increasing frequency of once-in-a-decade agricultural and ecological drought has underscored the urgency of studying hydrological changes. A research team has analyzed the estimated changes in ...
May 14, 2025 — Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. Researchers have analyzed 917 native forest plant species in Central ...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
- An Iron Oxide 'oxygen Sponge' For Efficient Thermochemical Hydrogen Production
- Does Planting Trees Really Help Cool the Planet?
- Waste to Foundation: Transforming Construction Waste Into High-Performance Material
- Agriculture in Forests Can Provide Climate and Economic Dividends
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- New Study Analyzes Air Quality Impacts of Wildfire Smoke
- Cryo-Em Freezes the Funk: How Scientists Visualized a Pungent Protein
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Songbirds' Great Risk Results in Great Genetic Reward
- Fool's Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
- Southeast Asia Could Prevent Up to 36,000 Ozone-Related Early Deaths a Year by 2050 With Stricter Air Pollution Controls
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- How to Solve a Bottleneck for CO2 Capture and Conversion
- Forest Management Can Influence Health Benefits
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Cover Crops May Not Be Solution for Both Crop Yield, Carbon Sequestration
- First-of-Its-Kind Global Study Shows Grasslands Can Withstand Climate Extremes With a Boost of Nutrients
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Genetics Can Help Farmers Grow Corn With Less Fertilizer
- Sharp Depletion in Soil Moisture Drives Land Water to Flow Into Oceans, Contributing to Sea Level Rise
- Europe's Forest Plants Thrive Best in Light-Rich, Semi-Open Woodlands -- Kept Open by Large Herbivores
- Climate Change Is Turning Coastal Lagoons Into 'salty Soup'
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Sulfur Runoff Amplifies Mercury Concentrations in Florida Everglades
- Mercury Levels in the Atmosphere Have Decreased Throughout the 21st Century
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Replanted Rainforests May Benefit from Termite Transplants
- Cutting Greenhouse Gases Will Reduce Number of Deaths from Poor Air Quality
Monday, May 5, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Newborns Living Near Trees Tend to Be Healthier: New Data Suggests It's Not Because Healthier People Reside Near Parks
- London's Low Emission Zones Save Lives and Money
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Introduced Trees Are Becoming More Common in the Eastern United States, While Native Diversity Declines
- How Safe Is the Air to Breathe? 50 Million People in the US Do Not Know
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Growing Wildflowers on Disused Urban Land Can Damage Bee Health
- Colombia's Peatlands Could Be a Crucial Tool to Fight Climate Change: But First We Have to Find Them
- Corn Leads to Improved Performance in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Monday, April 14, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- A New Tool for Parsing the 'metabolic Dialogue' Between Microorganisms
- In Croatia's Freshwater Lakes, Selfish Bacteria Hoard Nutrients
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Nanoplastics in Soil: How Soil Type and pH Influence Mobility
- A Step Toward Cleaner Iron Extraction Using Electricity
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Rain Barrel Basics: Conserving Water but Not Mosquito Habitats
- Scientists Discover Microbes in Earth's Deep Soil
- Exposure to Air Pollution May Harm Brain Health of Older Adults
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Oxygen Is Running Low in Inland Waters, and Humans Are to Blame
- Soil Conditions Significantly Increase Rainfall in World's Megastorm Hotspots
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Electrochemical Method Supports Nitrogen Circular Economy
- Carbon Capture Could Become Practical With Scalable, Affordable Materials
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Rocky Mountain Snow Is Contaminated, Study Shows
- Exposure to Air Pollution in Childhood Is Associated With Reduced Brain Connectivity
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- How Calcium May Have Unlocked the Origins of Life's Molecular Asymmetry
- Human Urine, a Valuable Resource as Fertilizer for Sustainable Urban Agriculture, Study Concludes
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Coral Diseases and Water Quality Play a Key Role for Coral Restoration and Survival Efforts
- Blurring the Line Between Rain and Snow: Limits of Meteorological Classification
- Getting Hit by Lightning Is Good for Some Tropical Trees
- How Changing L.A.'s Tree Rules Could Cool More Neighborhoods
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable
- EPA Regulations Cut Power Sector Emissions but Miss Opportunities for Deeper Reductions
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Whose Air Quality Are We Monitoring?
- Time Is Not the Driving Influence of Forest Carbon Storage
- Adopting Zero-Emission Trucks and Buses Could Save Lives, Prevent Asthma
Monday, March 17, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Study: 'Sustainable Intensification' On the Farm Reduces Soil Nitrate Losses, Maintains Crop Yields
- 'Surprising' Cause of Sargassum Blooms in Caribbean
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries
- Acoustic Monitoring Network for Birds Enhances Forest Management
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Discovery: The Great Whale Pee Funnel Moves Vital Nutrients
- Are Volcanoes Behind the Oxygen We Breathe?
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Earth's Orbital Rhythms Link Timing of Giant Eruptions and Climate Change
- Scientists Develop Advanced Forest Monitoring Systems: Will Forests Monitor Themselves in the Future?
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Tropical Forests in the Americas Are Struggling to Keep Pace With Climate Change
- Researchers Reveal Nitrogen's Dominant Role in Global Organic Aerosol Absorption
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Packets of Freeze-Dried Bacteria Grow Biocement on Demand
- Satellite Image Analysis Delivers New Insight Into the Functional Diversity of Tropical Forests
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- How Air Pollution and Wildfire Smoke May Contribute to Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
- Climate Change Increases the Risk of Tree Mortality in Urban Boreal Forests
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- An Emissions Tale of Two Cities: Salt Lake City Vs. Los Angeles
- Beyond the Burn: Harvesting Dead Wood to Reduce Wildfires and Store Carbon
- New Spatial Mechanism for the Coexistence of Tree Species
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Sequestration
- From Waste to Wonder: Revolutionary Green Grout for Sustainable Construction Practices
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Brewing Tea Removes Lead from Water
- Research Provides New Detail on the Impact of Volcanic Activity on Early Marine Life