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Is Vital Freshwater Hidden Beneath the Sea?

Solutions to escalating global water supply issues are demanding innovative scientific investigation, such as Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner making important advances in assessing freshwater reservoirs that exist beneath the ocean.

6 Nov 2019

Model Predicts Relaxed Energy Policies Plus Climate Change Could Worsen US Air Quality

The Trump administration rolled back a U.S. climate change and energy policy called the Clean Power Plan in June 2019. The policy, first instated in 2015, aimed to limit power plants' carbon emissions.

6 Nov 2019

Robust Network of Satellites Crucial for Monitoring Oceanic Carbon Levels

Nowadays, satellites play an important role in monitoring carbon levels in the oceans. However, understanding their full potential has only just begun.

4 Nov 2019

MIT Symposium Explores Challenges of Climate Policy

In the second of six symposia on climate change to be held this academic year, seven experts from around the country tackled the topic of "challenges of climate policy." The Oct. 29 event included three panel discussions held at MIT's Wong Auditorium.

1 Nov 2019

Major Proportion of Tropical Reserves may be at Risk of Climate Change Impacts

Brazil has the largest stretch of tropical ecosystems within protected areas. However, according to a study backed by FAPESP and published in the journal Conservation Biology, a substantial proportion of these reserves may be unprotected against the effects of continuing global climate change.

31 Oct 2019

Installing Renewable Energy to Scale Up Climate and Health Benefits

A new study by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has revealed that public health improvements and renewable energy benefits could be achieved at a large scale if wind turbines are installed in the Upper Midwest and solar power in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions.

31 Oct 2019

Are Healthy Foods More Eco-Friendly Than Unhealthy Foods?

$$IMAGE$$ Image credits: primopiano/shutterstock.com Is a healthier lifestyle more environmentally friendly than an unhealthy diet? What we put into our bodies does in fact influence levels of pollution and rates o...

29 Oct 2019

Researchers Develop New Method to Remove Carbon Dioxide from Air

A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.

25 Oct 2019

Impacts of Climate Change Benefiting Certain Butterflies

Researchers have found out the reason for the decline in the number of some British butterflies and moths, like Silver-studded Blue and High Brown Fritillary butterflies, due to climate change.

25 Oct 2019

Mercury Reallocation in Arctic Circle Causes Environmental Problems

With the constant increase in global temperatures, there seems to be a rapid melting of permafrost in the Arctic regions. Mercury trapped in the frozen ground is currently entering into the surrounding water bodies, air, and soil in different forms.

17 Oct 2019