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NASA Images Reveal Significant Losses of Forest and Wetlands in Belize

Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have mapped changes in the landscape of northwestern Belize over a span of four decades, finding significant losses of forest and wetlands, but also successful regrowth of forest in established conservation zones that protect surviving structures of the ancient Maya.

16 Mar 2021

Decreasing Glacier Cover Could Accelerate Carbon Emissions into the Atmosphere

The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further to climate change.

16 Mar 2021

Burkina Faso Offers Valuable Lessons for Global Forest Landscape Restoration

Forest landscape restoration is attaining new global momentum this year under the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), an initiative launched by the United Nations.

16 Mar 2021

European Summer Droughts Far More Severe than in the Past Two Millennia

Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.

16 Mar 2021

Increase in Global Warming Threatens Habitats of Freshwater Fish Species

The habitats of freshwater fish species are threatened by global warming, mainly due to rising water temperatures. A 3.2-degree Celsius increase in global mean temperature would threaten more than half of the habitat for one third of all freshwater fish species.

16 Mar 2021

Urban Development, Greenhouses Gases can Trigger Extreme Floods

When the rain started to pour down in northern Georgia on September 15th, 2009, the residents of Atlanta were completely unaware that they would be witnessing epic flooding across the city.

16 Mar 2021

Water Available in Rivers is at the Mercy of Climate Change

According to an international team of researchers collaborating on a global study with Michigan State University, the availability of water in rivers is largely dependent on climate change like never before.

16 Mar 2021

New Insulation Takes Heat Off

Waste cooking oil, sulfur and wool offcuts have been put to good use by green chemists at Flinders University to produce a sustainable new kind of housing insulation material.

16 Mar 2021

Using AI to Detect Sewage Leaks

A new report suggests using AI to better identify untreated sewage leaks and protect rivers and waterways from severe environmental damage.

By Robert Lea 15 Mar 2021

Study Reveals Extent and Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Mountains

The tropics are known to drive atmospheric and ocean circulation in the world, and hence have a crucial role to play in interpreting both the past and upcoming climate change.

15 Mar 2021

Southern Hemisphere Climate Dynamics may be the Missing Link in Understanding Ice Ages

The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific can trigger rapid, global changes in atmospheric temperature, according to an international research team led by the University of Maine.

15 Mar 2021

Higher Ocean Water Levels have Negative Impacts on Coastal Water Quality, Ecological Health

When people think of sea level rise, they usually think of coastal erosion. However, recent computer modeling studies indicate that coastal wastewater infrastructure, which includes sewer lines and cesspools, is likely to flood with groundwater as sea-level rises.

15 Mar 2021

New Insights on the Fate of Spilled Oil in the Marine Environment

A new study lead by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science demonstrates that under realistic environmental conditions oil drifting in the ocean after the DWH oil spill photooxidized into persistent compounds within hours to days, instead over long periods of time as was thought during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

15 Mar 2021

Sustainable, New Housing Insulation Material can Lead to Energy Savings

Waste cooking oil, sulfur and wool offcuts have been put to good use by green chemists at Flinders University to produce a sustainable new kind of housing insulation material.

15 Mar 2021

Metso Outotec Introduces Planet Positive, An All-encompassing Approach to Sustainability

Sustainability is one of Metso Outotec’s strategic priorities. The company is committed to limiting global warming to 1.5°C, with targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.

From Metso Outotec Corporation 15 Mar 2021