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Chemical Pollutants in the Environment can Alter Animal and Human Behavior

International scientists from around the world are warning that chemical pollutants in the environment have the potential to alter animal and human behaviour.

15 Apr 2021

Researchers Assess the Effects of Climate Change on Ethiopia’s Coffee Production

Ethiopia may produce less specialty coffee and more rather bland tasting varieties in the future.

15 Apr 2021

Researchers Develop Simple Solution to Address Water Scarcity, Food Shortage

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently developed a simple solution to address two of the world's biggest problems - water scarcity and food shortage.

15 Apr 2021

Continues Global Warming Will Make Indian Monsoon Seasons Stronger, More Erratic

If global warming continues unchecked, summer monsoon rainfall in India will become stronger and more erratic. This is the central finding of an analysis by a team of German researchers that compared more than 30 state-of-the-art climate models from all around the world.

15 Apr 2021

Cultural Burning Reduced Large-Scale Wildfire Activity on the Fish Lake Plateau

If you were to visit the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau a thousand years ago, you'd find conditions remarkably familiar to the present. The climate was warm, but drier than today.

15 Apr 2021

UECC Floats First of Three LNG Battery Hybrid PCTCs

In a major step toward achieving sustainable shipping, the first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs commissioned by United European Car Carriers (UECC) was launched in an official ceremony Monday 12 April at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

15 Apr 2021

EVC to Install 100,000 Electric Vehicle Charge Points by 2026

If we take a look at the evolution of transportation systems around the world, we can see the future of cars is electric—but how far is the future? Is it too distant? Actually, no.

15 Apr 2021

Sweetch Energy Secures €5.2m Investment to Develop Its Breakthrough Osmotic Energy Technology

Sweetch Energy, a European company that pioneers advanced nanotechnology and eco-material science to harness osmotic energy, announced today that it has secured 5.2 million euros to initiate its industrialization phase and develop a first full-scale prototype.

From Sweetch Energy 15 Apr 2021

Microplastics Spiral the Globe in the Atmosphere

The problem of plastic pollution may have gone airborne carried by the wind resulting in the ‘plastification’ of our planet.

By Robert Lea 14 Apr 2021

Coastal Hazards More Closely Tied to Policy Decisions than Climate Change

Coastal communities face increasing danger from rising water and storms, but the level of risk will be more closely tied to policy decisions regarding development than the varying conditions associated with climate change, new research by Oregon State University suggests.

13 Apr 2021

Thick Sea-Ice can Increase the Sensitivity of Greenlandic Fjords to Climate Warming

A new study shows that thick sea-ice can increase the sensitivity of Greenlandic fjords to climate warming.

13 Apr 2021

Thawing Permafrost Could Affect Survival of Fish Species in the Arctic's Offshore Waters

GEOGRAFI A new study by a University of Copenhagen researcher finds that thawing permafrost in Alaska causes colder water in smaller rivers and streams.

13 Apr 2021

34% of Antarctic Ice Shelves Could Disappear as a Result of Global Warming

A new study conducted jointly by the Univerisyt of Liege (Belgium) and the University of Reading (England) suggests that 34% of the Antarctic ice shelves could disappear by the end of the century if the planet warms up by 4Â°C compared with pre-industrial temperatures.

13 Apr 2021

Study Focuses on Understanding How Microplastics Move Through Global Systems

Really big systems, like ocean currents and weather, work on really big scales. And so too does your plastic waste, according to new research from Janice Brahney from the Department of Watershed Sciences.

13 Apr 2021

Deep-Sea Bacteria Release Excess Carbon into the Ocean and Atmosphere

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota has found that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks and discharge surplus carbon into the air and ocean.

13 Apr 2021