The Pacific island nation that wants to mine the ocean floor
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Tue 3:00pm By NULLEvery few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost…Methane leaks from gas pipelines are a hidden source of widespread air pollution
Tue 1:40pm By NULLThe Trump administration is decreasing the attention federal regulators pay to pipeline leaks. But…Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing
Tue 1:31pm By NULLA landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan,…Deep-learning model forecasts toxic plume movement in urban environments within minutes
Tue 1:30pm By NULLIn 2023, a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. In 2025, a series of…I research rip currents where Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned. Here's why they're so deadly
Tue 1:20pm By NULLMalcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has drowned on Costa…How plastic pollution may influence antimicrobial resistance
Tue 1:12pm By NULLA new study reveals an alarming number of mechanisms throughout the life-cycle of plastic that could…Abrupt climate shifts likely as global temperatures keep rising
Tue 1:10pm By NULLAs temperatures, biodiversity losses, and sea levels rise globally, scientists are concerned about…AI and other future technologies will be necessary—but not sufficient—for enacting the UN's Pact for the Future
Tue 11:50am By NULLIn September 2024, members of the United Nations adopted the Pact for the Future at the Summit of…How young people have taken climate justice to the world's international courts
Tue 11:10am By NULLYouth activist organizations, including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and World…Researchers use AI to identify landslides and target disaster response
Tue 10:20am By NULLResearchers from the University of Cambridge are using AI to speed up landslide detection following…Scientists use X-rays to remotely measure magnetic reconnection in near-Earth space
Tue 9:50am By NULLThe magnetosphere, formed by Earth's magnetic field, acts as a protective shield that deflects solar…Overlooked climate-change danger: Wildfire smoke
Tue 7:30am By NULLLoretta Mickley first started thinking about smoke in the summer of 2002.New model indicates 320 million trees are killed by lightning each year—considerable biomass loss
Tue 7:30am By NULLLightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical…Naval Postgraduate School launches sustainable buoy to advance research
Tue 7:10am By NULLLocated about 3 miles offshore and 5 miles north of the Naval Postgraduate School is a…Nematodes learn to prefer contaminated food after long-term exposure to microplastics
Tue 6:20am By NULLHong Kong Polytechnic University scientists report that multigenerational exposure to…Philippines flooding displaces thousands, two missing
Tue 4:02am By NULLFloodwaters driven by torrential rains ground life in the Philippine capital to a halt on Tuesday…Amazon degradation increases by 163% in two years, while deforestation falls by 54% in the same period
Jul 21, 2025, 4:50 pm By NULLThe accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the…Recent research explores maximizing circularity in plastics supply chains
Jul 21, 2025, 4:10 pm By NULLA traditional economy follows a linear "take-make-use-dispose" path. A circular economy, in…Analysis documents changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions
Jul 21, 2025, 4:01 pm By NULLThe United States was the world's largest source of carbon emissions for more than a century. In a…
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