A global perspective on environmental issues. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action. https://www.enn.com/ 2023-08-29T04:29:20+00:00 ENN Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2023-08-29T01:17:13+00:00 2023-08-29T01:17:13+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73194-paper-cups-are-just-as-toxic-as-plastic-cups Cheryl Porter

<p>Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic.</p>

<p>Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic.</p> 2023-08-29T01:07:24+00:00 2023-08-29T01:07:24+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73193-loss-of-sea-ice-causes-catastrophic-breeding-failure-for-emperor-penguins Cheryl Porter

<p>Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022.</p>

<p>Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022.</p> 2023-08-29T01:01:43+00:00 2023-08-29T01:01:43+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73192-umass-amherst-computer-scientists-use-ai-to-accelerate-computing-speed-by-thousands-of-times Cheryl Porter

<p>A team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by Emery Berger, recently unveiled a prize-winning Python profiler called Scalene.</p>

<p>A team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by Emery Berger, recently unveiled a prize-winning Python profiler called Scalene.</p> 2023-08-29T00:02:56+00:00 2023-08-29T00:02:56+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73191-explained-the-1-5-c-climate-benchmark Cheryl Porter

<p>The summer of 2023 has been a season of weather extremes.</p>

<p>The summer of 2023 has been a season of weather extremes.</p> 2023-08-29T00:01:21+00:00 2023-08-29T00:01:21+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73190-pacific-coral-reef-shows-historic-increase-in-climate-resistance Cheryl Porter

<p>A Newcastle University-led study focused on the Pacific Island nation of Palau and has shown that historic increases in the thermal tolerance of coral reefs are possible.</p>

<p>A Newcastle University-led study focused on the Pacific Island nation of Palau and has shown that historic increases in the thermal tolerance of coral reefs are possible.</p> 2023-08-28T23:59:38+00:00 2023-08-28T23:59:38+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73189-boosting-the-resilience-of-urban-areas-against-floods Cheryl Porter

<p>There is an urgent and increasing need to protect the UK’s natural and built environments from a surge in population growth, and severe weather events such as extreme floods and droughts caused by climate change.</p>

<p>There is an urgent and increasing need to protect the UK’s natural and built environments from a surge in population growth, and severe weather events such as extreme floods and droughts caused by climate change.</p> 2023-08-26T00:59:00+00:00 2023-08-26T00:59:00+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73188-a-robot-to-help-reduce-wildfire-risk-in-remote-areas Mohammad Munshed

<p>North America has 10 million kilometres of overhead power lines, and when vegetation come into contact with one, it can be like tinder to a flame.</p>

<p>North America has 10 million kilometres of overhead power lines, and when vegetation come into contact with one, it can be like tinder to a flame.</p> 2023-08-26T00:51:30+00:00 2023-08-26T00:51:30+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73187-how-to-adapt-to-climate-change-and-how-not-to Cheryl Porter

<p>With the impacts of climate change increasing around the world, efforts to adapt human infrastructure and practices might seem to be an unalloyed good.</p>

<p>With the impacts of climate change increasing around the world, efforts to adapt human infrastructure and practices might seem to be an unalloyed good.</p> 2023-08-26T00:40:36+00:00 2023-08-26T00:40:36+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73185-survey-tourists-long-term-plans-more-uncertain-under-climate-change Cheryl Porter

<p>North Carolina State University researchers found in a new study that while many tourists visiting a mountain destination in southern Mexico wouldn’t change their near-term plans to visit due to climate change, more than two-thirds said they would or might change their plans by 2060 under more drastically changed conditions.</p>

<p>North Carolina State University researchers found in a new study that while many tourists visiting a mountain destination in southern Mexico wouldn’t change their near-term plans to visit due to climate change, more than two-thirds said they would or might change their plans by 2060 under more drastically changed conditions.</p> 2023-08-26T00:35:24+00:00 2023-08-26T00:35:24+00:00 https://www.enn.com/articles/73184-nasa-shares-first-images-from-us-pollution-monitoring-instrument Cheryl Porter

<p>On Thursday, NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information about major air pollutants over North America.</p>

<p>On Thursday, NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information about major air pollutants over North America.</p>