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Study Reveals Exposure to Air Pollution Contributes to Childhood Asthma

Results from a new study performed in Ontario have illustrated that children born in Sarnia have a greater risk of developing asthma than those in neighboring cities.

5 May 2021

Study Assesses Long-Term Impacts of Two Fisheries Management Methods

A strong and sustainable study performed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) offers scientific evidence for universal calls for preserving 30% of the world’s ocean.

5 May 2021

Study Unravels Pathway Used by Diatoms for Removing CO2 from Atmosphere

Diatoms are nothing but small unicellular plants that do not grow bigger than half a millimeter.

4 May 2021

Waste Incineration Plants can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint of the Society

Over the coming decades, our economy and society will need to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions as called for in the Paris Agreement.

4 May 2021

Climate Change may Lead to Changes in Plant Biodiversity in the World's Drylands

Water is a scarce resource in many of the Earth's ecosystems. This scarcity is likely to increase in the course of climate change.

4 May 2021

New Strategy to Empower Citizens’ Participation for Effective Energy Transitions

A new study headed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has investigated options for empowering communities as a key driver for shifting the focus from awareness about the necessity to change energy systems to participation and action.

4 May 2021

Study Summarizes Research on Plastic Waste in Marine, Sedimentary Environments

A new focus article published in the latest issue of the Geology journal outlines the study on plastic waste in sedimentary and marine surroundings.

4 May 2021

PEAK Scientific Launches New Green Initiative

PEAK Scientific have partnered with eForests, a not-for-profit organization who are creating and restoring woodlands throughout the UK, to fulfil their commitment to plant one tree for every PEAK gas generator sold from the 1st April 2021.

From Peak Scientific Instruments Ltd 4 May 2021

Lakes Could be ‘Tapped’ for an Environmentally Friendly Biofuel

New research suggests that a carbon-neutral biofuel could be created from methane extracted from lakes.

By Robert Lea 3 May 2021

Global Sea Level Rise Related to Antarctic Ice-Sheet Melting may be Greater than Anticipated

Global sea level rise associated with the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been significantly underestimated in previous studies, meaning sea level in a warming world will be greater than anticipated, according to a new study from Harvard researchers.

3 May 2021

Humans Have Altered Biodiversity in All Climate Zones, Study Shows

Humans have significantly altered biodiversity in all climate zones of the Earth.

3 May 2021

Research Links Worsening Trend of Poor Air Quality Events in Western US to Wildfire Activity

From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke.

3 May 2021

Tackling the Complex and Global Issue of Climate Change

On a global scale, governments have expedited their objectives toward effective mitigation of climate change.

3 May 2021

Human Activity and Climate Change Led to Degradation of Amazon Rainforest

According to a new study, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest discharged more carbon compared to what it stored over the past 10 years, where degradation was a major contributor compared to deforestation.

3 May 2021

Scientists Have Underestimated the Impact of Fires on Earth’s Northern Forests

New research indicates that the computer-based models currently used to simulate how Earth's climate will change in the future underestimate the impact that forest fires and drying climate are having on the world's northernmost forests, which make up the largest forest biome on the planet.

30 Apr 2021