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Consensus Statement on Minimizing the Environmental Impact of Anesthesia Gases and Medical Waste

As the COP26 Global Climate Conference in Glasgow, UK, gets underway this week, all areas of society are looking at the impact their activities have on the environment and, more specifically, global warming.

2 Nov 2021

Current Climate Targets Set for International Shipping are Far too Lax

A new study by researchers from The University of Manchester indicates that the existing climate targets set for international shipping are way too lenient, and would imply that the sector cannot play its honest part in meeting the Paris climate goals.

1 Nov 2021

New Project Secures $7.65 Million Grant to Study the Impact of Smoke Exposure on Grapes

Oregon State University researchers and a team of West Coast university collaborators have received a $7.65 million grant to study the impact of smoke exposure on grapes, a project that will provide critical knowledge to grape growers and winery owners severely impacted by widespread wildfire smoke in recent years.

29 Oct 2021

Researchers Study the Effects of Ozone Depletion on Iodine Trapped in Antarctic Ice

The ozone hole doesn't just affect the health of human, terrestrial and marine ecosystems. It also affects environmental chemical processes at the South Pole.

29 Oct 2021

Pandemic-Related Decrease in Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions is Mostly Over

Days before the opening of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland, the latest estimates by the Carbon Monitor, an international research initiative begun during the pandemic, show that global carbon dioxide emissions as of the end of September 2021 were just 0.9 percent lower than emissions at the same time in 2019.

29 Oct 2021

Study Shows how Recovery from Pandemic, Climate Policies may Impact Access to Clean Fuels

The replacement of polluting cooking fuels with clean ones could help save lives and decrease the effect on the environment.

29 Oct 2021

State-of-the-Art Lab Upgrade at Cornell Aims to Reduce Climate-Warming Methane Emissions

A partnership between industry, government and academia is bringing a state-of-the-art lab upgrade to Cornell University.

28 Oct 2021

Reducing Methane Emissions Could Slow Climate Change

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Although some emissions are natural, most are driven by human activity, and rapidly slashing emissions could help slow global warming, experts say.

28 Oct 2021

Study Reveals Forest Fires Affect Rain Cloud Formation in the Amazon

Research illustrates how wildfires and forest burning for agriculture impact rain cloud formation in the Amazon.

28 Oct 2021

Methane Emissions Across U.S. Cities are 2 to 10 Times Higher than Recent Estimates

Methane emissions from the distribution and use of natural gas across U.S. cities are 2 to 10 times higher than recent estimates from the Environmental Protect Agency, according to a new study from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

26 Oct 2021