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Night-Time Lighting has Unpredictable Effects on Animal Vision

Changes in the colour and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex and unpredictable effects on animal vision, new research shows.

7 Jul 2021

Errors in River Flux Estimates Explain the Missing Ocean Plastic Sink

Plastics are a growing problem for natural ecosystems around the globe, and in particular for our marine and freshwater environments.

5 Jul 2021

Pollution Reductions Contribute to Increase in Corn and Soybean Yields

A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air.

2 Jul 2021

Current Rates of Global Plastic Emissions may Trigger Irreversible Effects

Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany published on July 2nd in Science.

2 Jul 2021

'They Just Kept on Rising': Data Reveals Alarming Increase in Greenhouse Gases

If we are to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, we haven’t made a good start – governments, industry and individuals need to do much more, a new study shows.

1 Jul 2021

New Method to Reuse Previously Non-Recyclable Plastic

Biodegradable plastics are meant to be environmentally friendly. However, they cannot be recycled as they are specifically made to degrade rapidly.

30 Jun 2021

New Technique Uses NASA Satellite Data to Track the Movement of Ocean Microplastics

Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement of tiny pieces of plastic in the ocean.

28 Jun 2021

New Project Set to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Bio-Industries

Industries should speed up their transition toward a resource-efficient, low-carbon and circular economy to reach climate targets.

28 Jun 2021

New AI System Provides Longer Advance Warning of Ozone Problems

Ozone levels in the earth's troposphere can now be forecasted with accuracy up to two weeks in advance, a remarkable improvement over current systems that can accurately predict ozone levels only three days ahead.

25 Jun 2021

Pandemic Air Quality Not Driven by Lockdown, but by Natural Variability of Meteorology

Headlines proclaiming Covid lockdowns drastically reduced pollution were mostly referring to nitrogen dioxide, NO2, a reactive gas emitted from burning fuel.

24 Jun 2021