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Millions of Americans are now routinely exposed to unhealthy plumes of wildfire smoke that can waft thousands of miles across the country, scientists have warned.Wildfires cause soot and ash to be thrown off into the air, which then carries the minuscule particles that can be inhaled by people many miles away, aggravat... | Environmental Science |
This is partly a celebration tour for the largest piece of climate-stabilizing legislation ever enacted in the U.S., but it's also a public relations exercise: Some Americans recall the drama around getting Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and then Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) to support the massive environmental, health ca... | Environmental Science |
Japan's subtropical forests home to a newly discovered beetle species
A new weevil species was discovered in Japan's pristine subtropical forests on Ishigaki Island and Yanbaru National Park in Okinawa.
Renowned for their remarkable biodiversity, the Ryukyu Islands are a chain of subtropical islands distributed between... | Environmental Science |
Washington's Volcanoes Are Experiencing Seismic Tremors from an Unlikely Source: Glaciers
Most people think of seismic activity as the result of movement along faults or of violent volcanic eruptions. But seismic events can have other causes, including floods and even large crowds of excited fans—such as those at Taylo... | Environmental Science |
Cold War nuclear weapons tests scattered radioactive waste across the globe. That waste can still be found in trace amounts in the sea, the soil, and — according to a new study — the flesh of wild boars roaming the forests of southern Germany.
Experts have long known that Europe’s wild boars have high levels of radioac... | Environmental Science |
Kate Gardner reviews Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval by Gaia Vince Crisis times The Bangladeshi capital Dhaka is confronted by thousands of people who arrive every day, displaced by monsoons and flooding caused by climate change. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/SM AKBAR ALI PJ) Dhaka, the capital city of Ban... | Environmental Science |
Time and again, studies have shown that people of color in the US are exposed to much higher levels of fine-particulate air pollution than their white counterparts are. It's an injustice documented by "a mountain of evidence," as a 2021 New York Times report says.And on Tuesday, a study published in the journal Nature ... | Environmental Science |
Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought
Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton University. And since methane warms the planet over 80 times more po... | Environmental Science |
Embracing plant-based foods is a way to start healing the planet. (Getty Images)In Unearthed, Yahoo Life discusses some of the most pressing issues facing our planet — and reveals what you can do to help make a real difference.First, the good news: Veganuary, the annual worldwide go-vegan campaign happening now in an a... | Environmental Science |
New nanotech identifies chemical composition and structure of impurities in air, liquid and living tissue
Using conventional testing techniques, it can be challenging—sometimes impossible—to detect harmful contaminants such as nano-plastics, air pollutants and microbes in living organisms and natural materials. These c... | Environmental Science |
Grasshoppers threaten to devour Alberta crops following extreme heat
Pest species taking wing early this year following hot, dry spring weather
Driven by drought, heat-loving grasshoppers are thriving in Alberta, threatening to devour crops in central and southern parts of the province.
Pest species of grasshoppers are... | Environmental Science |
Study clarifies that marine protected areas are managed with climate change in mind
Scientific findings don't always translate neatly into actions, especially in conservation and resource management. The disconnect can leave academics and practitioners disheartened and a bit frustrated.
"We want conservation science to... | Environmental Science |
The West’s weather whiplash should not influence long-term water management
There’s a water contradiction in the West with serious long-term water scarcity in low reservoirs and depleting groundwater tables, while California is in the middle of an extremely wet and snowy winter. As water levels in dangerously depleted ... | Environmental Science |
During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through UC's Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property's grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered wasteland.
"It felt like something out of the Lord of the Rings -- like Mordor. It was hard ... | Environmental Science |
Some spiders can transfer mercury contamination to land animals, study shows
Sitting calmly in their webs, many spiders wait for prey to come to them. Arachnids along lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects, such as dragonflies. But, when these insects live in mercury-contaminated waterways, they can pass the metal along ... | Environmental Science |
Wildlife biologist explains bat myths
It's officially spooky season: Nights are creeping in earlier. A fall chill has descended. Skeletons and witches and jack-o-lanterns dot every street.
So you can expect to see swarms of bats swooping overhead as you greet trick-or-treaters, right?
"Unfortunately, the month when we ... | Environmental Science |
A not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather
From the depths of the seas to snow on mountains and even the air above cities, microplastics are turning up increasingly often. Now, in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers have analyzed microplastics in clouds above moun... | Environmental Science |
How climate change could cause havoc to the extraordinary lifespans of bats
The extraordinary lifespans of bats could be under threat from rising global temperatures, according to new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
The study by researchers from University College Dublin a... | Environmental Science |
Eight years ago, the data was sound but only suggestive, the evidence strong but circumstantial.
Now, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Karrie Weber and colleagues have experimentally confirmed that nitrate, a compound common in fertilizers and animal waste, can help transport naturally occurring uranium from the un... | Environmental Science |
New water treatment approach helps to avoid harmful chemicals
The water coming out of your faucet is safe to drink, but that doesn't mean it's completely clean. Chlorine has long been the standard for water treatment, but it often contains trace levels of disinfection byproducts and unknown contaminants. Georgia Instit... | Environmental Science |
Scientists fear methane erupting from the burst Nord Stream pipelines into the Baltic Sea could be one of the worst natural gas leaks ever and pose significant climate risks.Neither of the two breached Nord Stream pipelines, which run between Russia and Germany, was operational, but both contained natural gas. This mos... | Environmental Science |
Study shows social media content opens new frontiers for sustainability science researchers
With more than half of the world's population active on social media networks, user-generated data has proved to be fertile ground for social scientists who study attitudes about the environment and sustainability.
But several c... | Environmental Science |
Tens of thousands of sites across the U.S. may be polluted with toxic so-called “forever chemicals,” a team of scientists argued in a study released on Wednesday. The researchers said that in the absence of information proving otherwise, contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) should be presumed a... | Environmental Science |
New research this week is the latest to show that microplastics have polluted just about everywhere on Earth. Scientists discovered plastic particles in cloud samples collected from atop a mountain in Eastern China. The team also found evidence from lab experiments that these microplastics could potentially affect clou... | Environmental Science |
For much of the last century, many cities across the United States and Canada burned their trash and waste in municipal incinerators. Most of these facilities were closed by the early 1970s due to concerns about the pollution they added to the air, but a new Duke University study finds that their legacy of contaminatio... | Environmental Science |
How a drought affects trees depends on what's been holding them back
Droughts can be good for trees; certain trees, that is.
Contrary to expectation, sometimes a record-breaking drought can increase tree growth. Why and where this happens is the subject of a new paper in Global Change Biology.
A team of scientists led ... | Environmental Science |
Bottom sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-fired power plants shows coal ash contamination that likely entered the lakes by three different routes. (Avner Vengosh) DURHAM, N.C. -- An analysis of sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-burning power plants has found that coal ash pollution of s... | Environmental Science |
Plastics entering the world's oceans have surged by an unprecedented amount since 2005 and could nearly triple by 2040 if no further action is taken, according to research published on Wednesday.
An estimated 171 trillion plastic particles were afloat in the oceans by 2019, according to peer-reviewed research led by th... | Environmental Science |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2022 Contact: Jillian McKoy, jpmckoy@bu.edu Michael Saunders, msaunder@bu.edu ## During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global road travel and commercial flight activity decreased by 50 percent and 60 percent, respectively, compared to pre-pandemic levels. During the lockdow... | Environmental Science |
It is “virtually certain” that future extreme events in Antarctica will be worse than the extraordinary changes already observed, according to a new scientific warning that stresses the case for immediate and drastic action to limit global heating.
A new review draws together evidence on the vulnerability of Antarctic ... | Environmental Science |
A flooded-damaged supermarket in Lexington, Kentucky, August 2, 2022.Associated Press This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive mining proc... | Environmental Science |
Researchers discover that the ice cap is teeming with microorganisms
There are no plants, and only very few animals: people rarely come here. The large glaciers in Greenland have long been perceived as ice deserts. Gigantic ice sheets where conditions for life are extremely harsh.
But now, it seems, we have been wrong.... | Environmental Science |
Methane leaks alone from Turkmenistan’s two main fossil fuel fields caused more global heating in 2022 than the entire carbon emissions of the UK, satellite data has revealed.
Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil- and gas-rich country are “mind-boggling”, and an “infuriating” problem that should be easy ... | Environmental Science |
Warming ends when carbon pollution stops
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
An Editorial on the Frontiers in Science Lead Article
The Zero Emissions Commitment and climate stabilization
Key points
- Improved Earth system models now consider the c... | Environmental Science |
From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although many studies show microfibers are released during machine washing, it’s been less clear how hand washing contributes. Now, ... | Environmental Science |
MainThe Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) has the largest tropical rainforest area, the highest biodiversity and the largest amount of aboveground biomass in the world1,2,3. Since 2000, the Indigenous territories (ITs) and the protected areas (PAs) in the BLA have increased substantially and by 2013 they accounted for 43% o... | Environmental Science |
Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important for your health while you’re alive. These microbial symbionts help you digest food, produce essential vitamins, protect you from infection and serve many other critical functions. In turn, the microbes, which are mostly conce... | Environmental Science |
Discovery of invisible nutrient discharge on Great Barrier Reef raises concerns
Scientists using natural tracers off Queensland's coast have discovered the source of previously unquantified nitrogen and phosphorous that are having a profound environmental impact on the Great Barrier Reef.
The findings, published today ... | Environmental Science |
DENVER (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study says. The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t just confi... | Environmental Science |
Communities of color disproportionately exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water: study
Residents of communities with bigger Black and Hispanic populations are more likely to be exposed to harmful levels of “forever chemicals” in their water supplies, a new study has found.
This increased risk of exposure is th... | Environmental Science |
Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study published on Thursday, though they say more research is needed to understand how many homes have leaks.In the study, published in Environmental Science and Technology on Thursday, researchers also estimated that over 4 t... | Environmental Science |
Published August 10, 2022 2:32PM article FILE - Rain drips from a gutter fall into a blue rain barrel. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images) Rainwater should be considered unsafe to drink everywhere on Earth due to the levels of "forever chemicals" in the environment, a new study suggests.... | Environmental Science |
The world lost 1,453 square kilometers (561 square miles) of salt marsh between 2000 and 2019, an area twice the size of Singapore, according to a new study based on satellite imagery.In addition to providing wildlife habitat and numerous ecosystem services, salt marshes store a great deal of carbon.Salt marsh loss res... | Environmental Science |
Rubber plumbing seals can leak additives into drinking water, study says
As drinking water flows through pipes and into a glass, it runs against the rubber seals inside some plumbing devices. These parts contain additives that contribute to their flexibility and durability, but these potentially harmful compounds can l... | Environmental Science |
The Constant Evolution of Education for Sustainability Professionals
During my time as an EPA staffer and then consultant from 1977 through the 1990s, I started to develop an understanding of the educational needs of environmental professionals. I began putting that understanding to work, creating graduate programs in ... | Environmental Science |
In a new article published in the journal Biological Conservation, a team of researchers from the University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä, and University of Kent assessed preferences and motivations for owning exotic pets, by asking more than 300 keepers across 33 countries in an anonymous survey translated in ... | Environmental Science |
U.S. President Joe Biden holds out his pen to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) look on after Biden signed "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" into law during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washin... | Environmental Science |
Novel method of analyzing microplastic particle pollution can facilitate environmental impact assessment
In the last decade, growing numbers of researchers have studied plastic pollution, one of the world's most pressing environmental hazards. They have made progress but still face challenges, such as the comparability... | Environmental Science |
The next time you crack your backdoor to let your cat outside for its daily adventure, you may want to think again. For a cat, the outdoors is filled with undesirable potential. Like the risks of catching and transmitting diseases, and the uncontrollable drive to hunt and kill wildlife, which has been shown to reduce n... | Environmental Science |
The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays, and researchers around the world are already lined up to kick off an ambitious science program.
The upgrade, called LCLS-II, c... | Environmental Science |
By Christian Schroeder - Lecturer in Environmental Science & Planetary Exploration, University of StirlingNASA recently reported that a cloud of dust was surrounding Mars high above its atmosphere. The authors of the study ruled out Mars itself and its moons Phobos and Deimos as the sources of the dust and concluded th... | Environmental Science |
Increases in ocean acidity are damaging the first link in the food chain, a microorganism called coccolithophores. This is causing major impacts to marine species that rely on coccolithophores as their primary source of food. Recent research from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona’s Institute of Environmental Scien... | Environmental Science |
A 19th-century 'dinner plate' tool is still useful in ocean science
A simple 19th-century tool is still useful to ocean scientists in the age of satellites, new research shows. The research is published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
A Secchi disk—historically called a "dinner plate" by sailors—is used in ... | Environmental Science |
- President Joe Biden will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to invest in disadvantaged communities disproportionately affected by pollution and climate change, the White House said.
- The president, who is preparing to announce his reelection bid next week, will make the announcement during a ceremony... | Environmental Science |
A huge ash plume rises into the sky as the Lava fire explodes in Weed, California on July 1, 2021.Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP (Getty Images)Regional wildfire smoke is significantly lowering air quality for millions of people across the country.OffEnglishA new study published in Environmental Science & Technology found th... | Environmental Science |
In the scientific literature, the total production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as H2O2 is commonly used as proxy for the toxicity of air pollutants and their ability to induce oxidative stress and inflammation. The research team led by Thomas Berkemeier from the MPIC in Mainz found that ROS concentrations in ... | Environmental Science |
The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web poses a threat to creatures that feed on the algae at the sea surface. Clumps of dead algae also transport the plastic with its pollu... | Environmental Science |
A critical component of the food web in the Arctic is at risk. According to a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, Arctic ice algae has become infected with microplastics, threatening the creatures that feed on the algae.
The new study shows that the algae found beneath the Arctic ic... | Environmental Science |
- Globally, June was the hottest June in the 174-year records kept by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency said on Thursday.
- Canada is in a record-breaking wildfire season. Sea ice is at an all-time low. Vermont is recovering from catastrophic flooding. If it feels like lately, ther... | Environmental Science |
Urban parks built on former waste incineration sites could be lead hotspots, study finds
For much of the last century, many cities across the United States and Canada burned their trash and waste in municipal incinerators. Most of these facilities were closed by the early 1970s due to concerns about the pollution they ... | Environmental Science |
Nanomaterial boosts potency of coronavirus disinfectants
The use of peroxide-based disinfectants has grown with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the extensive use of chemical disinfectants to kill viruses and other pathogens can also threaten human health and ecosystems.
Now, a research team led by the Geor... | Environmental Science |
Warming and internal nutrient loading together interfere with long-term stability of lake restoration
Urban lakes are ubiquitous worldwide and tend to be highly eutrophic, indicating an increase in the frequency, duration and magnitude of harmful algal blooms as a widespread threat to ecological and human health.
For m... | Environmental Science |
In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often rely on private groundwater wells. Unlike municipal water systems, well water quality in private wells is unregulated, and a new study shows that more than 49 thousand well users across the region may be at risk of ... | Environmental Science |
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Human society is dependent on nature1,2, but whether our ecological foundations are at risk remains unknown in the absence of systematic monitoring of species’ populations3. Knowledge of species fluctuations is particularly inadequate in the marine realm4. Here we assess the population trends of 1,057 common s... | Environmental Science |
Large chunks of the Navajo Nation in the Southwest lack access to clean drinkable water, a trend that has been rising in many parts of the U.S. in recent years. A research team led by engineers with The University of Texas at Austin aims to change that.
The team has developed a new water filtration solution for members... | Environmental Science |
Green spaces can save lives, according to urban big data
Against the backdrop of global climate change, extreme heat events are becoming hotter, longer, and more frequent. Such sustained extreme heat has severely impacted people's health all over the world.
It is generally acknowledged that some urban landscape feature... | Environmental Science |
In urban stormwater, particles from tyre wear were the most prevalent microplastic a new Griffith-led study has found.
Published in Environmental Science & Technology, the study showed that in stormwater runoff during rain approximately 19 out of every 20 microplastics collected were tyre wear particles with anywhere f... | Environmental Science |
Former federal officials slam WHO for misleading guidance on ‘forever chemicals’
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) draft drinking water guidelines for “forever chemicals” disregard best available science and require extensive revisions, two former federal officials argued in a new position paper.
The WHO draft, whi... | Environmental Science |
If you find yourself feeling hopeless whenever you think or read about climate change, don't worry: There's a scientific explanation.It's called climate anxiety, and it's a real mental health condition that can take time to address, according to Portland, Oregon-based environmental psychologist Thomas Doherty. At the A... | Environmental Science |
Children and teenagers can carry out valuable wildlife research—here's how
The environment is in crisis. Young people are calling for environmental action and requesting more education about the environment and the climate emergency. They are also looking at what they can do to tackle climate change.
Together with coll... | Environmental Science |
COVID-19 shutdown highlights air quality policy challenges
In a study conducted in NYC during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that air quality policies focusing on reducing pollutant emissions from the transportation sector have made significant strides. However, the study also revealed some concerning trends ... | Environmental Science |
Poor UK households more vulnerable to climate shocks, says new research
Poorer households in the UK are more vulnerable to climate change because temperature shocks are associated with deepening wealth inequality, according to new research published today in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
Res... | Environmental Science |
Water in California's Central Valley contains enough manganese to cause cognitive disabilities and motor control issues in children, and Parkinson's-like symptoms in adults.
A naturally occurring metal, manganese is found in water supplies throughout the world. It is regulated as a primary contaminant in many Southeast... | Environmental Science |
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Significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will result from constructing, maintaining and rehabilitating the world road network using current practices.
In this article, we will demonstrate the potential to significantly reduce road construc... | Environmental Science |
Modeling study shows plastic can drift far away from its starting point as it sinks into the sea
Discarded or drifting in the ocean, plastic debris can accumulate on the water's surface, forming floating islands of garbage. Although it's harder to spot, researchers suspect a significant amount also sinks. In a new stud... | Environmental Science |
Toxic diets: Canadian orcas face high risks of pollution-related health effects
Killer whales, also called orcas, are known for their intelligence and striking presence. They are also enduring a silent but persistent threat beneath the surface of our oceans.
My research investigates killer whales and their diets in the... | Environmental Science |
A super tanker anchored off the country's coast and containing more than a million barrels of oil is "likely to sink or explode at any moment", unleashing an environmental and humanitarian disaster, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen has told Sky News.
The FSO Safer was all but abandoned in 2015 as ... | Environmental Science |
Vinyl chloride entered the spotlight after the Feb. 3. But the has been around for decades and is everywhere — from buildings and vehicle upholstery to children's toys and kitchen supplies — and factories have been emitting the EPA-designated toxic chemical into the air for years.
The train that derailed had the manmad... | Environmental Science |
[1/3] FILE PHOTO:Noah Verin, the owner of Sydney farm Urban Green, holds a tray herbs and micro-greens that he grows with his team in a basement carpark at central business district, in Sydney, Australia, October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Stefica Nicol BikesSYDNEY, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A former chef turned farmer has begun to sup... | Environmental Science |
A nature reserve in the Peak District, the site of an historic mass trespass that paved the way for countryside access rights, has been extended by more than 500 acres.Kinder Scout, a National Nature Reserve (NNR) at the highest point in the Peak District, is now 26% larger after Natural England added an extra 226 hect... | Environmental Science |
Concentrations of potentially harmful chemical contaminants on the International Space Station (ISS) could exceed those found in dust on floors in homes across the United States and Western Europe.
That was the conclusion reached in a first-of-its-kind new study that looked at dust collected by the air filtration syste... | Environmental Science |
Q&A: New communication strategies to tackle climate-related water issues
Access to safe drinking water is a pressing global issue, with approximately 2 billion people currently lacking consistent access to this fundamental resource—a sobering number that is projected to soar to 5 billion by 2050. The United Nations has... | Environmental Science |
Water harvesting in Death Valley: Conquering the arid wilderness
Korea is regarded as a "water-stressed nation." Although the country receives an annual precipitation of approximately 1,300mm, it is characterized by concentrated periods and specific regions, thereby giving rise to challenges stemming from water scarcit... | Environmental Science |
Detecting coral biodiversity in seawater samples
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have developed a method to measure coral biodiversity through extracting the environmental DNA (or eDNA) from a liter of surface seawater collected from above a reef. The method has been confirmed to... | Environmental Science |
Scientists map changes in soot particles emitted from wildfires
Not many people would voluntarily fly through plumes of smoke emitted from wildfires. But atmospheric scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory do, over and over, tracing flight paths that might make ordinary air passen... | Environmental Science |
Examining the bio-impact of toxic chemical cocktails in the environment
Purdue University scientists are unraveling the complicated toxicity of a mixture of what are often called "forever chemicals" found in many consumer products.
In outdoor experiments under controlled conditions, the team found that tadpoles exposed... | Environmental Science |
Analyzing the fate and environmental risks of 40 pharmaceutically active compounds in the Pearl River basin
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have attracted massive attention due to their large quantity of consumption, continuous discharge, and ecological risk to aquatic organisms in the receiving aquatic envir... | Environmental Science |
University of Florida researchers found high-quality human DNA in nearly all environments, suggesting potential applications in fields like medicine, archaeology, and criminal forensics. However, this raises significant ethical concerns around consent and privacy, underscoring the need for guidelines to govern the coll... | Environmental Science |
The implementation of “clean heating” policies has dramatically improved air quality in northern China — likely preventing about 23,000 premature deaths last year alone, a new study has found.
Concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from heating activities dropped by 41.3 percent from 2015 to 2021 in Beijing... | Environmental Science |
Scientists fear methane erupting from the burst Nord Stream pipelines into the Baltic Sea could be one of the worst natural gas leaks ever and pose significant climate risks.Neither of the two breached Nord Stream pipelines, which run between Russia and Germany, was operational, but both contained natural gas. This mos... | Environmental Science |
The U.S. Southwest has been in a drought since 2000 — in fact, it's been the region's driest period in 1,200 years. Many researchers have labeled this exceptionally dry period a "megadrought."
At the same time, an "exceptionally strong" El Niño event is now 95% likely to last through at least February 2024, National Oc... | Environmental Science |
Two major ridesharing companies have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. To understand additional impacts of this transition, researchers reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology conducted life-cycle comparisons of battery-powered electric vehicle fleets to a ... | Environmental Science |
Some lunar regolith are better for living off the land on the moon
Between now and the mid-2030s, multiple space agencies hope to send crewed missions to the moon. of These plans all involve establishing bases around the moon's southern polar region, including the Artemis Base Camp and the International Lunar Research ... | Environmental Science |
SAN DIEGO — Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California’s long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month.So far the debris has mostly blocked roads and highways and has not harmed communities as in... | Environmental Science |
Supposedly eco-friendly paper cups may be just as toxic to the environment and human body as plastic ones, a study suggests.
Scientists in Sweden found the thin-film of plastic coated onto the surfaces of disposable paper cups to keep their contents from seeping into the paper emit toxic substances.
In experiments th... | Environmental Science |
Everywhere scientists have searched for microplastics, they have discovered their presence— in our food, water, air, and even some human body parts. However, the examination of our innermost organs, which are not directly exposed to the environment, remains limited. A new pilot study involving individuals who underwent... | Environmental Science |
This March 2022 photo provided by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida shows biologists Ian Easterling, left, and Ian Bartoszek with a 14-foot female Burmese python captured in mangrove habitat of southwestern Florida while tracking a male scout snake. (Conservancy of Southwest Florida via AP) NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A tea... | Environmental Science |
Father is cooking on a gas stove holding a child in his arms. (Getty Images)Gas stoves are responsible for 12.7% of U.S. childhood asthma cases, a new study in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health finds. That proportion is much higher in states such as Illinois (21.1%) Cal... | Environmental Science |
This story originally appeared in Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the stark sheep pastures of Ireland’s Maumturk Mountains, just a few gnarled trees cling to the hillside, twisted and bent by decades facing down the raw Atlantic winds. Now this unlikely landscape, where native woodlands have been... | Environmental Science |
Picture a raft of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and you’re probably imagining a pristine marriage of white and blue. But during summertime, below the surface, something much greener and goopier lurks. A type of algae, Melosira arctica, grows in large, dangling masses and curtains that cling to the underside of Arctic se... | Environmental Science |
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