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Current Pandemic Shares Similarities with Global Heating, Species Extinction

The dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic share "striking similarities" with the twin environmental crises of global heating and species extinction, argue a team of scientists and policy experts from the UK and US.

3 Jul 2020

Melting Snow is Triggering Fresh CO2 at Higher Rates than Previously Assumed

Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the atmosphere.

3 Jul 2020

Scientists Call for Early Interventional Measures to Reduce Global Heating

Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action.

3 Jul 2020

Transdisciplinary Class Focuses on Climate Change and Water

It's not a typical sentence you'd find on a class schedule, but on April 2, the first action item for one MIT course read: "Check in on each other's health and well-being."

3 Jul 2020

Tropical Plants Closer to Equator are at Greater Risk from Climate Change

Tropical plants closer to the equator are most at risk from climate change because it is expected to become too hot for many species to germinate in the next 50 years, UNSW researchers have found.

3 Jul 2020

Future Climate Feedbacks from Arctic Ecosystems may be Overstated

The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University of Stirling.

3 Jul 2020

Lockdown in India has Halved Smog and Increased Solar Power

According to a new study, the countrywide lockdown in India from March 24th to May 17th, 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has led to unpredicted results—smog over the national capital of New Delhi was reduced by 50% and solar power generation increased.

2 Jul 2020

Climate Change Threat to Tropical Plants

Half of the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming, a new UNSW study predicts.

2 Jul 2020

Study Unlocks Mystery Surrounding Unique Aquatic Insects in Flathead Watershed

In a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology, researchers from the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station may have unlocked a mystery surrounding unique aquatic insects in the Flathead watershed.

2 Jul 2020

Novel Technology can Detect Adulterated Food

A University of Central Florida researcher is developing new technology to make sure people are getting the food they think they're eating.

2 Jul 2020

Elevated Noise can be Stressful to Toadfish

A new study published in the Journal Environmental Pollution by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that the Ultra Music Festival was likely stressful to toadfish.

2 Jul 2020

Light Pollution can Alter Foraging Behavior, Migration Patterns of Animals

Light pollution is increasingly being recognized as yet another of humanity's many impacts on the rest of the natural world.

2 Jul 2020

Researchers Investigate Alternative Protein Sources in Food Production

Worldwide there is a growing demand for animal products for human nutrition, despite vegan and vegetarian diets becoming more popular in Western countries.

2 Jul 2020

Integrated Pest Management can Support Sustainable Cropping Systems

CABI has partnered with leading researchers and institutions to launch a new portal that facilitates global research collaboration to help fight the devastating crop pest fall armyworm.

2 Jul 2020

Sustainable Agricultural Practices can Prevent Damages to Natural Ecosystems

Scientists have shown how even low doses of neonicotinoid insecticides, as they may realistically occur in contaminated soils, adversely affect the development of black garden ants.

2 Jul 2020