Environment

Live Christmas trees impact indoor air chemistry

Live Christmas trees release chemicals called VOCs.

Climate change’s impact on microbes alters the greenhouse gases in oceans

This study can enhance our understanding of their impact on human life.

AI automatically detects methane plumes from space

A powerful tool in combating climate change.

Now, clouds have no silver lining, but microplastics

Low-altitude and denser clouds contained greater amounts of microplastics.

Massive volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived, historical global cooling

Summer temperatures may be highly sensitive to high latitude volcanic eruptions.

DNA time machine: Insights into a century of loss

The approach could help regulators to protect the planet’s existing biodiversity levels.

How salt from the Caribbean affect our climate?

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Canadian Dalhousie University, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, and...

Bright light in big cities is linked to smaller eyes in birds

The findings have implications for conservation efforts amid the rapid decline of bird populations.

We could be breathing in toxic substances from cooking and cleaning for longer

Surfactants can cause toxic chemicals in aerosols to last longer in the air.

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