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Biologically Important Areas are Losing Ground to Agriculture and Urban Development

Between 1992 and 2015, the world's most biologically diverse places lost an area more than three times the size of Sweden when the land was converted to other uses, mainly agriculture, or gobbled up by urban sprawl.

30 Oct 2020

Study Highlights Human Resilience in the Face of Climate Change in Ancient Turkey

An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local evidence of resilience and even of a flourishing ancient society despite the changes in climate seen in the larger region.

30 Oct 2020

Converted Land Restoration Could Help Mitigate Climate Change, Extinction

According to a new study, a better way to stop or reverse the impacts of carbon dioxide and other earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions is to determine the main areas where the action can be economical.

30 Oct 2020

New Insight into How Wildfires are Impacting the Earth's Atmosphere

Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a global team that has found that the smoke cloud pushed into the stratosphere by last winter's Australian wildfires was three times larger than anything previously recorded.

29 Oct 2020

Renewable Energy Targets may be a Blunt Tool for Achieving Sustainable Outcomes

Renewable energy targets may be too blunt a tool for ensuring a sustainable future, according to University of Queensland-led research.

29 Oct 2020

Study: Climate Change Drives Extinction of Plants in the German Black Forest

Climate change is leaving its mark on the bog complexes of the German Black Forest. Due to rising temperatures and longer dry periods, two plant species have already gone extinct over the last 40 years.

29 Oct 2020

Seawater CO2 and Ocean Acidification are Rapidly Increasing on the Reef, Shows Study

Ocean acidification is no longer a sombre forecast for the Great Barrier Reef but a present-day reality, a new study reveals.

29 Oct 2020

New Model Enables Sustainability in Food Supply Chains

It is a long journey from harvesting in the field to the cooked dish that reaches the dinner table. The food supply chain covers all those processes and the actors involved in satisfying the consumer's needs.

29 Oct 2020

New Soil Microbial Fuel Cells for Economical, Sustainable Water Treatment

University of Bath engineers have demonstrated that it is feasible to trap and use the energy produced by the natural reactions taking place in microorganisms found in the soil.

29 Oct 2020

Cargill and BAR Technologies Combine World-Class Yacht Racing Design and Technology Using Wind Propulsion to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Cargill and BAR Technologies have embarked on a strategic project with naval architect Deltamarin to bring cutting edge wind propulsion technology to commercial shipping.

29 Oct 2020

Brunel bags Euromillions to Cut Industrial Waste

Helping energy-hungry industries scoop back and reuse vast volumes of waste water and heat is the goal of an ambitious new project at Brunel University London.

29 Oct 2020

New Swedish Technology to Support a Greener Aviation Recovery

Flying is like competition sailing: it is all about using good winds and avoiding unfavorable air currents.

29 Oct 2020

A Vicious Circle: Impact of Global Warming and Ice Loss

The loss of huge ice masses can contribute to the warming that is causing this loss and further risks. A new study now quantifies this feedback by exploring long-term if-then-scenarios.

28 Oct 2020

Acceleration of Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet Transforms Landscape

Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has accelerated significantly over the past two decades, transforming the shape of the ice sheet edge and therefore coastal Greenland, according to scientific research led by Twila Moon, deputy lead scientist of the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

28 Oct 2020

Beaches can Migrate Landwards as Sea Level Rises and Shorelines Retreat

An international team of coastal scientists has dismissed suggestions that half the world's beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century.

28 Oct 2020