Conflicts Over Water Soared to New High Last Year
Aug 23, 2024, 8:36 am By NULLThe number of conflicts worldwide over access to water reached an all-time high in 2023, a new…Microplastics Found in Human Brains
Aug 22, 2024, 9:03 am By NULLScientists have found microplastics in brain tissue. Their discovery, detailed in a new paper, is…For 60,000 Years, Australia’s First Nations Have Put Fire to Good Use
Aug 21, 2024, 4:51 am By NULL
In “Burnt Country” — the Second-Place Winner of the 2024 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest —…China Greenlighting Far Fewer Coal Plants
Aug 20, 2024, 9:20 am By NULLChina appears to be tapping the brakes on coal. The amount of new coal power approved so far this…As Arctic Thaws, New Evidence of Looming ‘Mercury Bomb’
Aug 19, 2024, 8:42 am By NULLScientists have found new evidence that melting Arctic permafrost could unleash large sums of…Pharmaceuticals Polluting Rivers in Every National Park in England
Aug 16, 2024, 10:56 am By NULLResearchers have found pharmaceuticals, from antidepressants to antibiotics, in rivers in 10…Faced With Heavier Rains, Cities Scramble to Control Polluted Runoff
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To manage contaminated stormwater, Philadelphia went all in on “green” infrastructure, like rain…Climate Change More Than Tripled Odds of Severe Wildfires in Canada Last Year
Aug 14, 2024, 9:13 am By NULLWarming loaded the dice for fire weather — hot, dry conditions that leave forests ripe for burning…In Montana’s Northern Plains, Swift Foxes Are Back from the Brink
Aug 13, 2024, 7:18 am By NULL
In “Return of the No’ouhah Tok a’na” — the Third-Place Winner of the 2024 Yale Environment…Streetlights Helping Trees Defend Against Insects, Study Finds
Aug 12, 2024, 3:00 am By NULLStreetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them,…Poppy Seed Found Beneath Ice Sheet Shows Greenland Vulnerable to Dramatic Melting
Aug 9, 2024, 3:00 am By NULLScientists have recovered an intact poppy seed and other plant remnants buried under two miles of…As Canadian River Shrivels, Northern Communities Call for a Highway
Aug 7, 2024, 2:31 am By NULL
With the Mackenzie River too low for barge traffic, villages in the Northwest Territories are flying…Shrinking Great Salt Lake Becoming Source of Heat-Trapping Gas
Aug 6, 2024, 3:00 am By NULLA new study has found that the Great Salt Lake, which has lost 73 percent of its water, is releasing…1970 Clean Air Act Was Intended to Cover Carbon Dioxide, Study Finds
Aug 5, 2024, 9:06 am By NULLA new study finds historical evidence that Congress had intended for the 1970 Clean Air Act to cover…Climate Change Fueling Extreme Heat in Europe and the U.S.
Aug 2, 2024, 9:47 am By NULLNew analyses find that warming is fueling severe hot spells on both sides of the Atlantic this…As World Warms, Global Heat Deaths Are Grossly Undercounted
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Kristi Ebi, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, has been studying the human health…Confronted with Wildfire Smoke, These Trees Stop Breathing
Jul 31, 2024, 9:20 am By NULLScientists have discovered that ponderosa pines effectively stop breathing when beset by wildfire…The ‘Internet of Animals’ Could Transform What We Know About Wildlife
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Scientists studying migrations, endangered species, and global change are placing tracking devices…UK Fee Leads to 80 Percent Drop in Plastic Bag Litter on Beaches
Jul 29, 2024, 9:17 am By NULLA survey of litter on British beaches has found an 80 percent drop in plastic bags over the last…Dragonflies Reveal Path of Mercury Pollution
Jul 26, 2024, 3:00 am By NULLTo track the sources of mercury pollution across wildlands in the U.S., scientists have turned to an…
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