Repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsersScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsers
A single repetition increased the claims’ perceived truth for the strongest climate science supporters surveyed. By PLOS ONE Climate science supporters rated climate-skeptical statements as…

Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their moodNewsScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood
Statistical models show how daily air pollution is linked to a person’s affective states. By PLOS ONE Affective sensitivity to air pollution (ASAP) describes the…

Warming has more impact than cooling on Greenland’s “firn”ClimateScience
SourceJuly 25, 2024
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Warming has more impact than cooling on Greenland’s “firn”
By University of Colorado at Boulder Scientists have known from ice core research that it's easier to melt an ice sheet than to freeze it…

Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’Science
SourceJuly 17, 2024
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Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’
By David Danelski | University of California - Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered specific bacterial species that can destroy certain kinds…

UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate modelsClimateScience
SourceJuly 16, 2024
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UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate models
By University of California - Irvine As the planet continues to warm due to human-driven climate change, accurate computer climate models will be key in…

Targeted Home Systems to Remove PFAS More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide SolutionsScience
SourceJuly 12, 2024
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Targeted Home Systems to Remove PFAS More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide Solutions
By University of New Hampshire PFAS, the potentially cancer-causing chemicals known as ‘forever chemicals’, have become an increasing concern in home drinking water. Solutions to…

Compact cities have lower carbon emissions, but poorer air quality, less green space and higher mortality ratesScience
SourceJuly 4, 2024
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Compact cities have lower carbon emissions, but poorer air quality, less green space and higher mortality rates
A study by ISGlobal analyses 919 European cities and their environmental quality, CO2 emissions and impact on human health. By Barcelona Institute for Global Health…

Half of world’s lakes are less resilient to disturbance than they used to beScience
SourceJune 26, 2024
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Half of world’s lakes are less resilient to disturbance than they used to be
By American Geophysical Union Nearly half of the world’s large lakes have lost resilience, or the ability to bounce back after an abrupt disturbance, in…

New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheetClimateScience
SourceJune 25, 2024
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New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet
By British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Warm water that seeps underneath can melt ice in way not yet included in models. A new and worrying way…

Ultrafine particles from planes put 52 million Europeans at risk of serious health conditionsClimate
SourceJune 25, 2024
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Ultrafine particles from planes put 52 million Europeans at risk of serious health conditions
By Transport & Environment (T&E) A new study by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) suggests that thousands of cases of high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia…

Climate change accelerates emergence of insectsClimateScience
SourceJune 24, 2024
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Climate change accelerates emergence of insects
By Jess Whitty | La Trobe University Researchers at La Trobe University’s Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems have exposed the hidden consequences of climate change on…

Up to 30 percent more time: Climate change makes it harder for women to collect waterClimateScience
SourceJune 22, 2024
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Up to 30 percent more time: Climate change makes it harder for women to collect water
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) - By 2050, climate change could increase the amount of time women in households without running water spend…

An earthquake changed the course of the Ganges. Could it happen again?Science
SourceJune 17, 2024
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An earthquake changed the course of the Ganges. Could it happen again?
By Kevin Krajick, Columbia Climate School A major earthquake 2,500 years ago caused one of the largest rivers on Earth to abruptly change course, according…

Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaosScience
SourceJune 14, 2024
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Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaos
By Jules Bernstein, University of California - Riverside When it comes to the ocean’s response to global warming, we’re not in entirely uncharted waters. A…

Keeping the lights onScience
SourceJune 10, 2024
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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…

Exploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon captureScience
SourceJune 6, 2024
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Exploring three frontiers in marine biomass and blue carbon capture
By Boston University A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and…

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 yearsClimate
SourceMay 30, 2024
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Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years
By University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed…

Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first timeScience
SourceMay 29, 2024
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Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first time
By University of Southampton A team of scientists from the USA and UK has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate…

Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3* billion tons of food wasted each year globallyClimate
SourceMay 29, 2024
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Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3* billion tons of food wasted each year globally
By University of Michigan About a third of the food produced globally each year goes to waste, while approximately 800 million people suffer from hunger,…

From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolutionScience
SourceMay 27, 2024
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From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolution
By Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences According to a study published in Science on May 24, scientists have used phytolith analysis and other methods…

Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate changeClimateScience
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change
By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell University Fatal drownings are a big risk for small-scale fishers on Africa’s largest lake, with many of those deaths attributed to…

Beach erosion will make Southern California coastal living five times more expensive by 2050Climate
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Beach erosion will make Southern California coastal living five times more expensive by 2050
By Nina Raffio | University of Southern California The region’s sandy coastlines are vanishing at an alarming rate. It’s a warning sign for coastal communities worldwide,…

Boreal forests and tundra regions face severe impact over next 500 years of climate change, study revealsClimateNews
Adrian AlexandreApril 9, 2024
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Boreal forests and tundra regions face severe impact over next 500 years of climate change, study reveals
A new study led by researchers from esteemed institutions including the White Rose universities of York and Leeds, Oxford, Montreal, and ETH, Switzerland, has shed…

Global warming and plastic pollution fuel each other in vicious cycle, study findsNewsScience
Adrian AlexandreMarch 20, 2024
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Global warming and plastic pollution fuel each other in vicious cycle, study finds
In a new report published in Nature Communications, researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology shed light on the interconnectedness of global warming and plastic…
