Albania’s forests face an uncertain future after devastating fires
Albania faces an uncertain future after a wildfire season scorched about 60,000 hectares, exposing chronic underfunding and governance gaps in forest management
Category: Earth
Emission cuts prevent rapid sea-level rise study finds
Decisive global emission cuts can avert rapid sea level rise, as delaying action past 2050 raises the risk of irreversible 0.4 m ice melt and coastal flooding
Tree diterpenes form aerosols prompting atmospheric model updates
Diterpenes from trees form aerosols that alter air quality, prompting updates to atmospheric models after global emissions reach about 11.5 Tg per year
Making Urban Rainwater Safe for Irrigation Through New Purification Technologies
Urban rainwater harvesting for irrigation is evolving as researchers develop low-cost, multi-stage treatment to remove PFAS, heavy metals and pathogens
Attitudes not income drive home energy savings
A sweeping new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a person’s attitudes and beliefs about conservation are the…
Redwing Autonomous Glider Begins First Underwater Circumnavigation to Revolutionize Climate Science
An autonomous, torpedo-shaped robot named Redwing was launched from the coast of Massachusetts this week, beginning a historic attempt to…
Pacific Ocean Circulation Flip During Ice Age Transformed Earth’s Climate
During the last ice age, the Pacific Ocean’s overturning flipped, sinking surface water to 2,000 meters and pulling atmospheric CO2 into deep for centuries
Chemical pollutants alter wildlife and human behavior as toxicologists hesitate to test
Chemical pollutants alter wildlife and human behavior, with toxicologists delaying neurobehavioral testing and studies showing feminization of male fish
UN chief expresses hope for global plastic pollution treaty
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme has expressed continued optimism for a global treaty to combat plastic pollution,…
Two powerful earthquakes strike southern Philippines killing at least seven
Two offshore quakes in southern Philippines, magnitudes 7.4 and 6.8, trigger tsunami alerts and evacuations, killing at least seven and damaging infrastructure