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Animal Production Accounts for Agriculture's Air Quality-Related Health Impacts

Poor air quality caused by food production in the United States is estimated to result in 16,000 deaths annually, 80 percent of which are related to animal production, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota.

11 May 2021

Time Could Be Running Out for Earth’s Coral Reefs

New research shows that the window of opportunity available to rescue corals is rapidly closing.

By Robert Lea 11 May 2021

Forests' Ability to Survive and Adapt to Climate Change may Depend on Global Wind Currents

Forests' ability to survive and adapt to the disruptions wrought by climate change may depend, in part, on the eddies and swirls of global wind currents, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

11 May 2021

Lifestyle Changes During Early COVID-19 Pandemic did not Alter Household Carbon Footprints

Despite the rapid and significant changes in consumption patterns witnessed during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese households maintained their normal levels of greenhouse gases emissions.

11 May 2021

New Study Investigates the Effects of Landfill Chemical Waste on UK Seabirds

A £2.3million study is investigating the effects that chemical pollutants from coastal landfill waste may be having on UK seabirds' health, reproduction and survival.

11 May 2021

Drastic Reductions in Global Carbon Emissions is Required to Save Coral Reefs

A new study performed on the growth rates of coral reefs demonstrates that there is still a ray of hope to save the coral reefs of the world—but time is running out.

11 May 2021

Toyota and ENEOS Announce Partnership to Make Woven City Carbon Neutral through Hydrogen Power

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS) have formed a new partnership to explore the use of hydrogen energy at Woven City, Toyota’s prototype city under development in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

From ENEOS Corporation 11 May 2021

Australia’s Only Solar Panel Manufacturer Assists with Students’ Solar Car

Students from Australian National University have again sought the assistance of Tindo Solar as they build a solar car to race later this year.

11 May 2021

Study Reveals Probiotic Methods Could Protect Corals Against Heat Stress

As far as the tropics are concerned, corals are considered the backbone of marine ecosystems.

10 May 2021

CWHI Launches to Combat the Effects of Climate Change on Vulnerable Communities

The Center for Health, Work & Environment at the Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) and the Colorado Consortium on Climate Change and Human Health have launched the Climate, Work & Health Initiative (CWHI).

10 May 2021

New Weather Warning Gauge

Australia, the driest inhabited continent, is prone to natural disasters and wild swings in weather conditions – from floods to droughts, heatwaves and bushfires.

10 May 2021

Scientists Propose New Strategy to Convert Greenhouse Gas into Economically, Industrially Valuable Material

Plants are unparalleled in their ability to capture CO2 from the air, but this benefit is temporary, as leftover crops release carbon back into the atmosphere, mostly through decomposition.

7 May 2021

Climate Change Impacts Biodiversity of Species Living in the Alps

The European Alps is certainly one of the most scrutinized mountain range in the world, as it forms a true open-air laboratory showing how climate change affects biodiversity.

7 May 2021

Hydrogen-Based Fuels Could Endanger Short- and Long-Term Climate Targets

Hydrogen-based fuels should primarily be used in sectors such as aviation or industrial processes that cannot be electrified, finds a team of researchers.

7 May 2021

Temperature can Explain why the Greatest Variety of Aquatic Life Resides in the Tropics

The bulging, equator-belted midsection of Earth currently teems with a greater diversity of life than anywhere else -- a biodiversity that generally wanes when moving from the tropics to the mid-latitudes and the mid-latitudes to the poles.

7 May 2021