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Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?
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Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?Climate

Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?

By Society for Experimental Biology An ongoing research project into the impact of offshore windfarm electromagnetic fields on shark development reveals that the alternating electric…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollution
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Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollutionScience

Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollution

Norway's long, rugged coastline – more than 28,953 kilometers long, including the fjords – suffers from plastic pollution even though it is so remote. It's…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Mexico girds for hit from Hurricane Beryl
Satellite image of Hurricane Beryl July 2024
Mexico girds for hit from Hurricane BerylNews

Mexico girds for hit from Hurricane Beryl

Cancún, Mexico - Tourist resorts in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula girded Thursday for a hit from Hurricane Beryl, which is still packing ferocious winds after slamming…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat
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Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heatClimate

Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat

By University College London Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents
Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parentsClimateScience

Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents

The temperature of your childhood home, among other factors, may help predict your thermostat settings. By PLOS Childhood home temperature and community connectedness can help…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soils
Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soilsScience

Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soils

By Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic pioneers colonize the new exposed landscapes. LMU researchers have revealed that yeasts play…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Music festivals seek greener footprint
Music festivals seek greener footprintNews

Music festivals seek greener footprint

By Philippe GRELARD | AFP Paris, France - Three planes, 270 tonnes of equipment, 800 square metres of stage: the figures from Madonna's massive free…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario
Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenarioScience

Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario

By Society for Experimental Biology New experimental research shows that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification could lead to a catastrophic decrease in…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versa
Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versaClimate

Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versa

By Masahiro Shiozaki | Kyushu University The phenomenon known as El Niño can cause abnormal and extreme climate around the world due to it dramatically…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energy
Waste heat from industry can actually heat every house in Norway. A smart solution can harness this energy, while also providing us with clean drinking water.
How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energyScience

How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energy

Waste heat from industry can actually heat every house in Norway. A smart solution can harness this energy, while also providing us with clean drinking…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Walking our way towards more sustainable cities
Walking our way towards more sustainable citiesScience

Walking our way towards more sustainable cities

By Susilawati, Monash University Malaysia in Petaling Jaya | 360info By making walkability a central component of how we design our cities, we can create vibrant, inclusive…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soil
NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soilScience

NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soil

By National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan Concern about the effects of PFAS are of increasing globally. Also there is no accurate method…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe
EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastropheClimate

EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe

By Lily Rau, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne | 360info Zero-emissions vehicles would need to hit 73 percent of new light vehicle sales by 2030 to keep transport…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life
Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic lifeClimate

Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life

By Society for Experimental Biology While the impact of wildfires on terrestrial life has been well studied, only recently has research started to examine the…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanes
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Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanesClimate

Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanes

By Audrey Merket, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: official
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Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: officialNews

Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: official

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year in the Amazon, the worst figure in 20…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listen
Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listenClimate

Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listen

By Derek Mitchell, University of Leeds | The Conversation When people think of honey bees, they often think of classic wooden hives, in which beekeepers…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reduction
Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reductionScience

Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reduction

By Lehigh University When power plants burn fossil fuels at high temperatures, nitrogen and oxygen molecules break apart and then recombine to form a class…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US tracker
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Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US trackerNews

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US tracker

Bridgetown, Barbados (AFP) - Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean island of Carriacou, which is part of Grenada,…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science
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Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the scienceClimate

Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science

By Víctor Fernández García and Cristina Santín, The Conversation It feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire. Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article