Environmental News Network - Top Stories

Paper Cups are Just as Toxic as Plastic Cups

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:17:13 +0000

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic.

Loss of Sea Ice Causes Catastrophic Breeding Failure for Emperor Penguins

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:07:24 +0000

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

UMass Amherst Computer Scientists Use AI to Accelerate Computing Speed by Thousands of Times

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:01:43 +0000

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

Explained: The 1.5 C Climate Benchmark

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:02:56 +0000

The summer of 2023 has been a season of weather extremes.

Pacific Coral Reef Shows Historic Increase in Climate Resistance

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:01:21 +0000

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.

Boosting the Resilience of Urban Areas Against Floods

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:59:38 +0000

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.

A Robot to Help Reduce Wildfire Risk in Remote Areas

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:59:00 +0000

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.

How to Adapt to Climate Change, and How Not To

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:51:30 +0000

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

Survey: Tourists’ Long-Term Plans More Uncertain Under Climate Change

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:40:36 +0000

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.

NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:35:24 +0000

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.