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CSIRO and Partners Take Aim at Ending Plastic Waste

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is developing a major research program to tackle plastic waste and reimagine the future of plastics.

9 Nov 2020

£4.5 Million Renewables Cashback Scheme

A new £4.5 million cashback incentive to help people install renewable and energy efficiency measures in their homes has been announced by the Scottish Government.

9 Nov 2020

Light Pollution Negatively Impacts the Reproductive Cycle of Corals

The daily light-dark cycle arising from the earth's rotation is centrally important to biology. Marine organisms, particularly coral reefs, rely on natural light cycles of sunlight and moonlight to regulate various physiological, biological and behavioral processes.

6 Nov 2020

Metal Pollution may be Weakening Scallop Shells and Threatening Marine Ecosystems

Metal pollution from historic mining appears to be weakening scallop shells and threatening marine ecosystems in an area off the coast of the Isle of Man, a major new study suggests.

6 Nov 2020

AU Researcher Receives ERC Synergy Grant to Find Alternative Solutions to Global Warming

Alternative technologies to combat global warming will be studied in depth in a major research project at Aarhus University.

6 Nov 2020

Climate Change may Lead to Higher Rates of Cancer

Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a new report from UC San Francisco.

6 Nov 2020

Climate Change Will Have an Increasing Impact on Species' Geographical Ranges

Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change, a new study has found. In a worst-case scenario this loss could increase to 23% over the next 80 years.

6 Nov 2020

Atmospheric Observations Detect Reduction in Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions due to COVID-19 Restrictions

Tracking emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases by atmospheric observations is a major challenge for policymaking, such as the Paris Agreement.

6 Nov 2020

New Database Shows How Warming Climate Affects the Behavior of Arctic Animals

Three decades of data on animal migration and movements in the Arctic, tracked through a massive database developed by environmental engineers, shows that animals in one of Earth's coldest regions are shifting their behaviors because of climate change.

6 Nov 2020

Paleoclimate Data Could Help Scientists Better Predict Scenarios for Future Climate

An international team of climate scientists suggests that research centers around the world using numerical models to predict future climate change should include simulations of past climates in their evaluation and statement of their model performance.

6 Nov 2020

Plastic Pollution and Ocean Acidification Could Pose Combined Threat to Marine Species

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

6 Nov 2020

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Systems Key to Achieving Climate Goals

Reducing fossil fuel use is essential to stopping climate change, but that goal will remain out of reach unless global agriculture and eating habits are also transformed, according to new research from the University of Minnesota and University of Oxford.

6 Nov 2020