Products such as hairspray, paint and household disinfectants are increasingly causing summertime air pollution—and cities aren't accounting for it, which makes it harder to issue air quality advisories and enact regulations, new research from Colorado State University, the University of Minnesota and Purdue…
On Earth, everything is moving. The planet spins, the tectonic plates shift and the spin axis wobbles, as do the magnetic poles, which makes determining how things move a rather tricky proposition. For Rice University's Richard Gordon, this problem came up when he was trying to understand the history of the Hawaiian…
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe as a result of climate change. Heat waves are a prime example, as they have direct effects on health, thermal comfort and the livability of cities. That is why it is vital to conduct climate risk assessments to guide cities' adaptation policies and…
Restaurant workers in commercial kitchens with gas and propane appliances can face heat and air pollution at levels above health-based guidelines, according to a new study by researchers from PSE Healthy Energy, the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and New York University Grossman School of Medicine, in…
Research published today in Nature by University of Melbourne researchers, in collaboration with Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Corporation, reconstructed the past 1,000 years of vegetation, fire and erosion in Croajingolong National Park in East Gippsland, one of southeastern Australia's most fire-prone forests.
When scientists discovered that increasing the ocean's natural alkalinity could enhance seawater's capacity to absorb and store carbon dioxide (CO₂), the idea quickly gained attention as a potential geoengineering solution to climate change. Early visions suggested it could remove gigatonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere…
Our oceans are becoming more acidic, which could have major consequences for marine life. Of particular concern is what this could mean for phytoplankton, the microscopic photosynthetic organisms that form the basis of marine food webs and produce roughly half of the oxygen on Earth. Now, a study published in Nature…
Ученые испытали простой способ снизить случайный прилов морских птиц в жаберных сетях: плавучий буй с вращающейся конструкцией, напоминающей пару больших глаз. В двухлетних испытаниях у побережья Корнуолла устройство снизило риск попадания в сети олуш и чистиковых птиц примерно на 59%.
Окурки в среднем составляют около 12% антропогенного мусора, обнаруженного в водных экосистемах, включая пляжи, реки и лагуны. К такому выводу пришли авторы глобального обзора, объединившего результаты 130 исследований из 55 стран, проведенных с 2013 по 2024 год.
Исследователи Университета Дошиша в Японии создали из растительных отходов сорбент, способный удалять из воды синтетические красители. В основе материала — активированный углерод из биомассы камыша, обогащенный наночастицами металлической меди. Лабораторные эксперименты показали, что он работает как с положительно…
Off the coast of East Antarctica, researchers led by Kiel University (CAU) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have investigated an exceptionally large sedimentary body embedded in the seafloor of Vincennes Bay: a so-called "grounding-zone wedge"—symmetrical…