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Protecting World's Ecosystems in Priority Areas Could Reduce Carbon Emissions

Returning specific ecosystems in all continents worldwide that have been replaced by farming to their natural state would rescue the majority of land-based species of mammals, amphibians and birds under threat of dying out while soaking up more than 465 billion tons of carbon dioxide, reveals a new report released today.

15 Oct 2020

Singaporean Start-Up with Plastic Waste Recycling Solution Emerged as Champion of ideasinc 2020

Magorium - a Singaporean start-up seeking to disrupt the construction industry with an innovative plastic waste recycling solution - emerged as the champion of ideasinc 2020, the nationwide start-up challenge helmed by NTUitive, the innovation and enterprise company of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

15 Oct 2020

Single-Use Plastic Bags Have Lower Environmental Footprint in Cities Like Singapore

A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has modeled the cradle-to-grave environmental effect of using various types of shopping bags.

15 Oct 2020

COVID-19’s Effect on Global Emissions—Biggest Decline in CO2

The Corona pandemic continues to endanger millions of lives globally, but the first half of 2020 witnessed an extraordinary decline in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—higher than during the 2008 financial crisis, the 1979 oil crisis, or even World War II.

15 Oct 2020

Study Reveals Flaw in Darwin's Theory About Coral Reef Atolls

Marine geologist and oceanographer André Droxler knows Charles Darwin's theory about atolls is incorrect.

14 Oct 2020

Study Estimates Biomass from Oceanic Plastic Debris

Trillions of plastic debris fragments are afloat at sea, creating the "perfect storm" for microbial colonization.

14 Oct 2020

Video Footage Reveals Environmental Impacts of Pot Fishing

The global pot fishing industry could be having a greater impact on corals, sponges and other species found on the seabed than previously thought, according to new research.

14 Oct 2020

Australians Do Not Connect Climate-Related Actions with Great Barrier Reef Protection

Many Australians do not know what they can individually do to make a difference to the health of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, according to a survey led by QUT researchers.

14 Oct 2020

New Data Set Could Help Study the Climate Impacts on Health, Agriculture

A seemingly small one-to-two degree change in the global climate can dramatically alter weather-related hazards.

14 Oct 2020

Study Reveals Rise in Atmospheric Dust Levels Across the Great Plains

Got any spaces left on that 2020 bingo card? Pencil in "another Dust Bowl in the Great Plains." A study from University of Utah researchers and their colleagues finds that atmospheric dust levels are rising across the Great Plains at a rate of up to 5% per year.

14 Oct 2020