Shift in global winds caused record flooding in the Balkans
Apr 17, 2016, 8:40 am By ENNDisastrous floods in the Balkans two years ago are likely linked to the temporary slowdown of giant…Clear cutting and its influence on carbon storage
Apr 15, 2016, 8:28 pm By ENNlear-cutting loosens up carbon stored in forest soils, increasing the chances it will return to the…Study shows most US roofs can support a solar system
Apr 14, 2016, 8:40 am By ENNMost U.S. rooftops in good repair can take the weight of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. That’s…Moths in cities have learned to avoid man-made light
Apr 13, 2016, 12:35 pm By ENNThe globally increasing light pollution has negative effects on organisms and entire ecosystems. The…Fast food may expose consumers to phthalates
Apr 13, 2016, 8:16 am By ENNPeople who reported consuming more fast food in a national survey were exposed to higher levels of…The Paris climate accord looks promising
Apr 12, 2016, 9:04 pm By ENNThe climate talks that concluded last December were a great success, but it will be decades before…Better long-term outcomes for married cancer patients
Apr 11, 2016, 12:51 pm By ENNNew research has uncovered a link between being married and living longer among cancer patients,…Reducing food waste could help mitigate climate change
Apr 11, 2016, 8:33 am By ENNAbout a tenth of overall global greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture could be traced back to…Rising oceans may pose a bigger threat than previously assumed
Apr 9, 2016, 10:34 am By ENNOf all the impacts of climate change, one stands out for its inexorable menace, writes Pete Dolack:…The North Pole had ice-free summers millions of years ago
Apr 8, 2016, 8:22 am By ENNAn international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar…Using moss as a bioindicator of air pollution
Apr 8, 2016, 8:16 am By ENNMoss growing on urban trees is a useful bio-indicator of cadmium air pollution in Portland, Oregon,…Supernova explosion impacted Earth within the last 9 million years
9:47am By ENNTwo new papers appearing in the journal Nature this week are "slam-dunk" evidence that energies…Earth's soils could play key role in locking away greenhouse gases
7:51am By ENNThe world's soils could store an extra 8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, helping to limit the…Good news for the Iberian lynx!
Wed 10:04am By ENNWWF welcomes the 2015 Iberian lynx census released today by the government of Andalusia. The survey…Can urban gardeners benefit ecosystems while keeping food traditions alive?
Wed 7:51am By ENNWhen conjuring up an image of a healthy ecosystem, few of us would think of a modern city. But…Good news for the world's tiger populations!
Apr 5, 2016, 7:34 pm By ENNIt’s estimated that there are as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild — that’s nearly a 97…Illegal gold mining in Brazil exposing indigenous peoples to high levels of mercury
Apr 5, 2016, 12:52 pm By ENNIllegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina…NASA examines El Nino's impact on ocean's food source
Apr 4, 2016, 8:46 pm By ENNEl Niño years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and NASA scientists are…Eat your walnuts today!
Apr 4, 2016, 9:22 am By ENNInitial findings from the Walnuts and Healthy Aging (WAHA) study presented at Experimental Biology…Scotland shuts down its last coal-fired electric power plant
Apr 2, 2016, 9:16 am By ENNAfter nearly 50 years of service, Scotland’s last coal-fired power plant — Longannet Power…
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