Trump blames Canada for fires but experts point to climate change
Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires and…
Unwritten Social Rules, Not Government Oversight, Help Keep Forest Land Sustainable
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Swidden agriculture — often called “slash-and-burn” — has been practiced on every inhabited…
A Hidden Crisis: Why Millions Are Burning Plastic Just To Survive
A global study has revealed that burning plastic in households across many developing countries may be far more…
Satellites Can Now Detect a City’s Hidden Vital Signs Before Humans Notice
By analyzing decades of satellite observations, researchers uncovered surprising similarities in how very different cities change over time.…
Coastal floods are linked to climate change and sea level rise
Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused…
Streetlights Are Trapping Thousands of Isopods in Mysterious “Death Spirals”
Habitus of isopods collected during aggregative behavior in Eliad. Credit: Idan Sheizaf, Ariel Chipman, and Eviatar Itzkovich Artificial…
Leading Climate Scientist Rebuts “Factually Incorrect” US Government Climate Claims
Climate scientists are pushing back against a controversial government report they say misrepresented key evidence about global warming.…
Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City
Methane is one of the most powerful drivers of global warming, yet scientists may have overlooked a major…
Deep-ocean heat near Antarctica threatens catastrophic sea rises | National
Melting ice in Antarctica. (Laura Cimoli via SWNS) By Talker The decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the…
Scientists reveal the real source of airborne microplastics and it’s not the ocean |
A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many…
Flood watch continues across Montreal’s West Island | West Island News
Municipalities across Montreal’s West Island are continuing flood mitigation efforts as rising water levels, saturated ground, and incoming…
CRISPR Unlocks a New Path to Stronger Medicinal Plants
Newswise — Medicinal plants synthesize a wide range of specialized metabolites that form the foundation of many modern…