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Light Pollution Negatively Impacts the Reproductive Cycle of Corals

The daily light-dark cycle arising from the earth's rotation is centrally important to biology. Marine organisms, particularly coral reefs, rely on natural light cycles of sunlight and moonlight to regulate various physiological, biological and behavioral processes.

6 Nov 2020

Atmospheric Observations Detect Reduction in Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions due to COVID-19 Restrictions

Tracking emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases by atmospheric observations is a major challenge for policymaking, such as the Paris Agreement.

6 Nov 2020

Plastic Pollution and Ocean Acidification Could Pose Combined Threat to Marine Species

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

6 Nov 2020

Bioplastic Disposable Dishes can Damage the Marine Environment

A new Tel Aviv University study compares the effects of two types of disposable dishes on the marine environment -- regular plastic disposable dishes and more expensive bioplastic disposable dishes certified by various international organizations -- and determines that the bioplastic dishes had a similar effect on marine animals as regular plastic dishes. Moreover, the study finds that bioplastic does not degrade rapidly in the marine environment.

5 Nov 2020

Survey: 59 Percent of Australians Would Leave their Cars at Home

59 percent of Australians are willing to limit car journeys to certain times in order to improve urban air quality. A majority of 63 percent are in favour of reducing traffic-related emissions by means of environment-fri...

5 Nov 2020

Anthropogenic Air Pollution Found to Exacerbate COVID-19 Mortality

A new study shows long-time exposure to the air pollution produced by human activity is connected to about 27% of COVID-19-related deaths in East Asia and 15% mortality in South Asia and across the world.

4 Nov 2020

Students Develop Software Program to Predict CO2 Emissions of Deep Learning Models

On a daily basis, and perhaps without realizing it, most of us are in close contact with advanced AI methods known as deep learning. Deep learning algorithms churn whenever we use Siri or Alexa, when Netflix suggests movies and tv shows based upon our viewing histories, or when we communicate with a website's customer service chatbot.

4 Nov 2020

Artificial Night-Time Lighting has Diverse Effects in the Natural World

Artificial night-time lighting has a diverse range of effects across the natural world and should be limited where possible, researchers say.

3 Nov 2020

Dolphins Ride Out Dietary Ups and Downs

More evidence has emerged to support stricter coastal management, this time focusing on pollution and overfishing in the picturesque tourist waters off Auckland in New Zealand.

3 Nov 2020

New Insight into How Wildfires are Impacting the Earth's Atmosphere

Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a global team that has found that the smoke cloud pushed into the stratosphere by last winter's Australian wildfires was three times larger than anything previously recorded.

29 Oct 2020