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Monash Researcher Awarded $255,000 to Assess Impacts of Bushfire on Biodiversity

The recent bushfires that swept across South Eastern Australia were unprecedented in scale and intensity.

24 Jul 2020

Study Reveals Problem Caused by Inefficient Plastic Waste Management

More than 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic will be dumped on land and in the oceans over the period from 2016 to 2040 unless the world acts, say a team of 17 global experts who have developed a computer model to track the stocks and flows of plastic around the world.

24 Jul 2020

New Technique Uses Modified MOF to Capture CO2 from Flue Emissions

A big advance in carbon capture technology could provide an efficient and inexpensive way for natural gas power plants to remove carbon dioxide from their flue emissions, a necessary step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow global warming and climate change.

24 Jul 2020

Study Calls for New Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A cave deep in the wilderness of central Nevada is a repository of evidence supporting the urgent need for the Southwestern U.S. to adopt targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a new UNLV study finds.

23 Jul 2020

Scientists Detect Microplastics in the Guts of Sea-Bed Sharks

Microplastics have been found in the guts of sharks that live near the seabed off the UK coast.

23 Jul 2020

Genetic Selection can Help Mitigate Greenhouse Gases

Researchers in Spain propose mitigating methane production by dairy cattle through breeding.

23 Jul 2020

Dragonflies can Help Measure Mercury Pollution

A citizen science program that began over a decade ago has confirmed the use of dragonflies to measure mercury pollution, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology.

23 Jul 2020

Discovery of First Active Methane Seep in Antarctica Sheds Light on Methane Cycle

The discovery of the first active methane seep in Antarctica is providing scientists new understanding of the methane cycle and the role methane found in this region may play in warming the planet.

23 Jul 2020

Presence of Microplastics in Deep-Sea Shrimp Does Not Cause Health Problems

A research team from the SEAaq group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona conducted analyses to determine whether the microplastics contaminating the Mediterranean Sea can also be found inside the organism of the deep-sea shrimp, and what effects these could have on the animal's health and on human consumption.

22 Jul 2020

Clearer Skies Improve Output of Solar Photovoltaic Panels

As the Covid-19 shutdowns and stay-at-home orders brought much of the world's travel and commerce to a standstill, people around the world started noticing clearer skies as a result of lower levels of air pollution.

22 Jul 2020