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Video Footage Reveals Environmental Impacts of Pot Fishing

The global pot fishing industry could be having a greater impact on corals, sponges and other species found on the seabed than previously thought, according to new research.

14 Oct 2020

Australians Do Not Connect Climate-Related Actions with Great Barrier Reef Protection

Many Australians do not know what they can individually do to make a difference to the health of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, according to a survey led by QUT researchers.

14 Oct 2020

Study Reveals Rise in Atmospheric Dust Levels Across the Great Plains

Got any spaces left on that 2020 bingo card? Pencil in "another Dust Bowl in the Great Plains." A study from University of Utah researchers and their colleagues finds that atmospheric dust levels are rising across the Great Plains at a rate of up to 5% per year.

14 Oct 2020

Kayrros Surveillance Technology Reveals Dramatic and Unexpected Annual Increase in Large Methane Leaks

Kayrros, the leading advanced data analytics company focused on satellite imagery and alternative data for enhanced decision-making, announced today that its new Methane Watch emissions surveillance technology recorded a substantial increase in large global methane leaks.

14 Oct 2020

N2O Emissions are Increasing at a Faster Rate than Global Predictions

The term "greenhouse gas" is often used interchangeably with carbon dioxide, due to its prevalence in our atmosphere - more than 80 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the Environmental Protection Agency.

9 Oct 2020

Nitrous Oxide Emissions Could Hinder International Climate Goals

An international team of researchers - including Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine - recently completed the most thorough review yet of nitrous oxide from emission to destruction in the planet's atmosphere.

9 Oct 2020

Consistent Mercury Concentrations Found in Ringed Arctic Seals

Ringed seals and other Arctic marine mammals are important in the diet of Arctic Indigenous peoples.

8 Oct 2020

Long-Term Exposure to Urban Air Pollutants Linked to COVID-19 Mortality

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist, over 200,000 people have lost their lives in the United States, and both the public health system and economy have been affected significantly.

8 Oct 2020

Dow Launches Rethink+, Its First Digital Waste Management Program in Asia Pacific to Recycle Plastic Waste, with Local Partners in India

Dow today announced aggressive new commitments to address both climate change and plastic waste on its path toward becoming the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world.

7 Oct 2020