Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?
Charred trees still standing after a wildfire in Glacier National Park, Montana Gorski/NurPhoto/Shutterstock In 2021, a smouldering underground…
Surfside residents fear homes could be lost to sea in next storm
Jason and Ange Ford have a view many people could only dream of, but looking out across the…
Scientists Found Hidden Channels Where Warm Water Gets Trapped Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelves
A new study suggests some Antarctic ice shelves may be melting much faster from below than scientists expected.…
Worst-Case Scenarios for El Niño Are Literally Off the Charts
Chances of a “super” El Niño are rising as several climate models predict off-the-charts increases in Pacific sea…
Ice Moves Out of Aniak
Thawing may be a welcome sight for Alaskans following a remarkably cold winter and early spring in much…
Sewage pollution warning at Budleigh Salterton beach
East Devon District Council said the Environment Agency – South and South West is advising against bathing at…
The case for clean energy abundance
The Blue Lagoon in Iceland is both an outdoor swimming pool and a geothermal power plant. (Photo by…
Older than Stonehenge and bigger than Luxembourg, this ancient underwater realm is home to creatures thought extinct for millions of years
Glass sponges may be one of the most peculiar creatures on the planet. These animals were one of…
Recycled plastics for food use require stronger safeguards, warn UN food security experts
The UN food security agency warns that recycled plastics and alternative packaging materials can help reduce waste, but…
Viridor proposes shutdown of Quantafuel chemical recycling activities
Viridor has proposed shutting down its chemical recycling operations in Northern Europe. The British waste management company argues…
Enhanced response of extreme compound events to cumulative CO2 emissions
Zscheischler, J. et al. A typology of compound weather and climate events. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. 1, 333–347…
Birds avoid wind turbines painted like venomous snakes
Wind turbines are a net positive for a sustainable society, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an…