Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitatsScience
Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats
By Pat Leonard Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Cornell University In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articleWestern Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future ShortagesScience
Western Agricultural Communities Need Water Conservation Strategies to Adapt to Future Shortages
By Desert Research Institute The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water storage and supply, and climate change…
SourceJune 13, 2024
Full articleBans on fossil fuel advertising are coming – and sport should not be exemptClimate
Bans on fossil fuel advertising are coming – and sport should not be exempt
By Freddie Daley, University of Sussex | The Conversation In a recent speech, UN secretary-general António Guterres called upon “every country to ban advertising from fossil…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleSoil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matterScience
Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter
By Amanda Morris, Northwestern University When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleSpecialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate changeClimate
Specialist and migratory birds at greater risk under climate change
By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Following decades of decline, even fewer birds will darken North American skies by the end of the century,…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleIEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030News
IEA sees ‘major’ oil supply surplus emerging by 2030
Paris, France (AFP) - The world is likely to have a "major surplus" of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleAthens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwaveNews
Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave
Athens, Greece (AFP) - The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, will close to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as a…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleNew study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate changeClimate
New study finds human-caused nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate change
By Boston College Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020,…
SourceJune 12, 2024
Full articleClimate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleResearch signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warmingScience
Research signals major milestone in cutting harmful gases that deplete ozone and worsen global warming
By University of Bristol A new study has revealed significant progress in the drive to reduce levels in the atmosphere of chemicals that destroy Earth’s…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleThe mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heatClimate
The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat
By Kate Yoder & Sachi Kitajima Mulkey | Grist Predicting the future has always been a difficult, sometimes fruitless task, but scientists are surprisingly good…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleNew discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the EarthClimateScience
New discovery reveals unexpected ocean algae help cool the Earth
By University of East Anglia A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleIceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govtNews
Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season: govt
Reykjavik, Iceland (AFP) - Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaler amid…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleNorth China bakes under searing heatwaveNews
North China bakes under searing heatwave
By Matthew WALSH | AFP Beijing, China - An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring across northern China…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleDengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agencyNews
Dengue, mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe: EU agency
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP) - Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleSafeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scaleScience
Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scale
By Mirjam Eckert, Chief Publishing Officer | Frontiers In the context of climate emergency, making scientific research open has never been more important. But for…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleClimate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate
Climate change widening Asia’s education gap
By Ranjit Devraj, SciDev.Net As temperatures in India’s national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of…
SourceJune 11, 2024
Full articleKeeping the lights onScience
Keeping the lights on
By Osaka University Researchers at Osaka University study the impact of carbon impurities on the quality of gallium nitride crystals, and determine the threshold concentration…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleEU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fightClimateNews
EU puts digital Earth in orbit for climate-change fight
Helsinki, Finland (AFP) - A software model of Earth, meant to simulate and monitor environmental hazards while findings ways to mitigate climate change, began its…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleWe’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vastNews
We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vast
By Miren Gutiérrez, The Conversation Shark finning – the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleAir pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: studyNews
Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study
Singapore, Singapore (AFP) - Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleTiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisisScience
Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis
By Angharad Brewer Gillham | Frontiers The climate crisis is changing habitats quickly, forcing animals to adapt to catch up. Populations of a species that…
SourceJune 10, 2024
Full articleSwiss approve law boosting renewable energy generationNews
Swiss approve law boosting renewable energy generation
By Agnes PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Switzerland approved a law on Sunday aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energies, as part of…
SourceJune 9, 2024
Full articleOceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talksNews
Oceanic ‘peace’ pact signed in Costa Rica ahead of 2025 UN talks
By Alberto PEÑA | AFP San José, Costa Rica - Over two dozen countries signed a wishful "declaration of peace with the ocean" on Saturday…
SourceJune 9, 2024
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