K-pop stars spark backlash after concerning behavior comes to light: ‘It’s all just hypocrisy’
Making environmentally conscious choices like switching from plastic to glass or paper straws has become increasingly common, especially…
Environmental impacts from European food consumption can be reduced with carbon pricing or a value-added tax reform
Multi-regional input–output model for environmental footprints Food consumption by households in the EU is strongly related to environmental…
The role of biodegradable plastics in the global plastic future
Ali, S. S. et al. Degradation of conventional plastic wastes in the environment: a review on current status…
High resolution US water table depth estimates reveal quantity of accessible groundwater
Ferguson, G. et al. Crustal Groundwater Volumes Greater Than Previously Thought. Geophys Res Lett. 48, e2021GL093549 (2021). Article …
Global subsidence of river deltas
Selection of global river deltas We selected 40 deltas globally, prioritizing 35 deltaic systems with the greatest exposed…
Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. California’s Working Landscape https://www.ucop.edu/innovation-transfer-operations/_files/Econ%20Impact%20Rpts/anr-ca-working-landscape-2019.pdf (2019). Peterson, C., Pittelkow, C. & Lundy,…
Recycled aggregate concrete design, application and challenges
Hasheminezhad, A., King, D., Ceylan, H. & Kim, S. Comparative life cycle assessment of natural and recycled aggregate…
Synergies in environmental and agricultural water availability under climate change
Ruckelshaus, M. H. et al. The IPBES Global Assessment: pathways to action. Trends Ecol. Evol. 35, 407–414 (2020).…
Quebec announces plan to cut environmental assessment times in half
MONTREAL — Quebec’s will reduce the amount of time it takes to complete an environmental assessment by about…
Identifying global hotspots of agricultural expansion into non-forest ecosystems
Harris, N. L. et al. Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes. Nat. Clim. Change 11, 234–240…
Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur
Data We draw weekly mortality data from the Eurostat database (data code ‘demo_r_mweek3’). Different regions make data available…
2025 AI Data Center Spending Surpasses Oil Costs, Raising Environmental Concerns | Ukraine news
As highlighted by Techcrunch The International Energy Agency’s 2025 report shows: global spending on data centers for artificial…