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Mitigating the Environmental and Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution

Some 8,300 million metric tons of plastics have been manufactured since production exploded in the 1950s, with more than 75 percent ending up as waste and 15 million metric tons reaching oceans every year. Plastic waste fragments into increasingly smaller but environmentally persistent "microplastics," with potentially harmful effects on the health of people, wildlife and ecosystems.

31 Mar 2021

UBC Research may Offer Insight to Communicate About Climate Change More Effectively

As our planet warms, seas rise and catastrophic weather events become more frequent, action on climate change has never been more important. But how do you convince people who still don't believe that humans contribute to the warming climate?

31 Mar 2021

Kuroshio Current may Account for Hot and Humid Summers in Tokyo

According to a new study performed by an international research team, 40 million individuals living in Japan’s Kanto region, which also comprises Tokyo, might blame a meandering ocean current for the rising hot and humid summers.

31 Mar 2021

Remote Monitoring Could Boost the Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Safeguard Against Natural Hazards

Remote monitoring using airborne devices such as drones or satellites could revolutionise the effectiveness of nature-based solutions (NBS) that protect communities from devastating natural hazards such as floods, storms and landslides, say climate change experts from the University of Surrey.

31 Mar 2021

KRAIBURG TPE is Supplying New Solutions that Push the Plastics Circular Economy Forward

KRAIBURG TPE is presenting a new series of compounds that will enable European OEMs to still use optimum materials for exterior automotive applications in the future.

31 Mar 2021

Food Waste Helps Secure Future Fish

Human food scraps could be used to create high-quality food for farmed fish, leading to a more sustainable global fish economy, according to a team of researchers at The University of Western Australia.

31 Mar 2021

Global University Leaders Commit to Joint Action on Reaching UN 2030 Sustainability Goals

University presidents from 30 countries unite for the first time to announce action on climate change by signing the Joint Statement of Global University Leaders on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, witnessed by UN officials.

31 Mar 2021

Meat and Dairy Companies are Not Doing Enough to Tackle Climate Change, Study Finds

The vast majority of the world's largest meat and dairy companies have not made an explicit commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, finds a new analysis by researchers at New York University.

30 Mar 2021

New Review Looks into the Effects of Climate Change on Hailstorms

Hail severity may increase in most regions of the world while Australia and Europe are expected to experience more hailstorms as a result of climate change, an international review led by a UNSW Sydney researcher has found.

30 Mar 2021

Narwal's Tusk Provides a Window into Changing Climatic Conditions in the Arctic

In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwals. Studying the animals' tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the past half century in response to sea-ice decline. Human emissions have also led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in recent years, according to an international team of researchers.

30 Mar 2021

Climate Change Poses a Specific Extinction Threat for Coastal Lupine Plant

Climate change is altering the world we share with all living things. But it's surprisingly difficult to single out climate change as an extinction threat for any one particular species protected under the Endangered Species Act.

30 Mar 2021

Cooling Industry Needs to Accelerate Efforts for Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions

Five major cooling suppliers are racing to net zero but they represent fewer than ten per cent of the 54 suppliers assessed in a new report, meaning the industry has a lot of work to do to catch up on climate action and reduce pollution from the sector, currently estimated at 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

30 Mar 2021

Solar Photovoltaics can Pave Way for Green Energy Transition Faster than Expected

A team of researchers led by Aarhus University and including experts from universities and knowledge institutions in the US, Europe, Japan and Australia has published an article in the prestigious scientific journal Joule confirming that the role of solar photovoltaic installations in future green energy systems ought to be significantly upgraded.

30 Mar 2021

New Instrument Helps Better Understand the Scale and Long-Term Impact of Fires

A first-of-its-kind instrument that samples smoke from megafires and scans humidity will help researchers better understand the scale and long-term impact of fires--specifically how far and high the smoke will travel; when and where it will rain; and whether the wet smoke will warm the climate by absorbing sunlight.

30 Mar 2021