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Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activity Affect Nesting Birds

A recent WCS-led study that investigated 17 years of migratory bird nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, discovered that nest survival fell considerably near high-use oil and gas infrastructure, as well as the noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and other disturbances associated with it.

3 May 2023

The Challenges Posed by Surface-Plastic Cleanup on the High Seas

Recent research published in PeerJ Life and Environment by Rebecca Helm et al. at Georgetown University illustrates why it is essential that assessment methods and examination of ecosystem effects of novel high seas activities account for ambiguity, using The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) as a model.

28 Apr 2023

Novel Technique Detects an Alarming Volume of Methane Emissions from Wildfires

UC Riverside researchers have recently utilized a novel detection technique to uncover an alarming volume of methane emissions from wildfires, a potent greenhouse gas.

20 Apr 2023

Novel Biodegradable Material Helps Purify Urban Air

The University of Cordoba has created a biodegradable material made with nanocellulose and photocatalytic particles to effectively decontaminate urban air.

20 Apr 2023

Neopelagic Communities and Their Survival on High Seas

A remarkable number of coastal marine invertebrate species have invaded the high seas, where they can now thrive and breed, significantly adding to the floating community composition.

18 Apr 2023

Novel Device For Collecting Microplastics

Microplastics (MPs), plastic debris smaller than 5 mm, implicitly destroy the environment. Traditionally, they have been collected and removed from water by filtering through meshes, which is ineffective.

17 Apr 2023

Pulling Energy Out of Thin Air: The Sky is the Limit for Hydrogen-Based Clean Energy

Finding ways to produce clean energy and sources that generate green electricity tend to be complex, long-winded, and generally not as easy as simply pulling energy out of thin air. Yet, a group of researchers in Australia has demonstrated just that after discovering an enzyme that can quite literally convert air into energy.

13 Apr 2023

PFAS: 'Forever Chemicals' and Their Environmental Risk

Now, an Open Access eBook published by UC Davis outlines and identifies key research areas and the effects of PFAs and other POPs on the environment and human and animal health.

12 Apr 2023

Novel Technology Can Remove 10 Gigatons of CO2 from the Atmosphere

A University of Texas at Arlington scientist is attempting to develop a process that uses seawater to eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

12 Apr 2023

Air Pollution Could Increase if Nuclear Power Plants are Shut Down

Nearly 20 percent of today's electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power. The U.S. has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 reactors scattered around the country. Many of these power plants have run for more than half a century and are approaching the end of their expected lifetimes.

11 Apr 2023